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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2374753, member: 73165"]That safe does not look good for humidity issues. Lots of inexpensive safes have humidity retention issues, especially if they're the so-called "fireproof" variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coins, any that you want to preserve, I'd remove from the cardboard holders immediately, give them a bath in some acetone (which will probably take off the green if it's anything worrisome), and then store them properly in inert plastic holders with silica gel in the container as well. Don't rub the coins at all when you use acetone, just let the acetone evaporate. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are posts on this forum that go into detail on all of the points I just made. I'd suggest you search google for more info (which will probably point back here). You can add site:cointalk.com to your query if you specifically want results from here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2374753, member: 73165"]That safe does not look good for humidity issues. Lots of inexpensive safes have humidity retention issues, especially if they're the so-called "fireproof" variety. As for the coins, any that you want to preserve, I'd remove from the cardboard holders immediately, give them a bath in some acetone (which will probably take off the green if it's anything worrisome), and then store them properly in inert plastic holders with silica gel in the container as well. Don't rub the coins at all when you use acetone, just let the acetone evaporate. There are posts on this forum that go into detail on all of the points I just made. I'd suggest you search google for more info (which will probably point back here). You can add site:cointalk.com to your query if you specifically want results from here.[/QUOTE]
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