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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1532410, member: 112"]Silver is silver, it is going to tone period. Yes I agree 100% that .999 silver is more reactive than .900 silver. But that is assuming that both are stored in the same place and under the exact same conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said before, the thing that makes the silver tone at all is just plain air. Expose the silver to the air and it is going to tone - no way to stop it. But you have to realize that the air is different all over the place. And the air inside your home is different than the air outside your home. And the air inside your neighbor's home can easily be different than the air in your home. That's because it depends on so many different things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things can change the air inside your home are the type of heating system you have, the cooling system you have, the cooking system you have, the different foods you cook and how often, how you cook those foods as in fry, bake, broil, boil, etc etc, whether you smoke or not, whether you use a humidifier or a dehumidifier or neither one. Even the carpet and the paint inside your home makes a difference in how your coins tone. Everything makes a difference. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where you live also makes a difference. Are there factories in your town and what kind of factories, and how many. Is there are river, a lake, ponds, creeks, how often does it rain, what is the relative humidity and how often and how radically does it change. It all makes a difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then you have all of the differences in the way you store your coins. All of that, everything, makes a difference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1532410, member: 112"]Silver is silver, it is going to tone period. Yes I agree 100% that .999 silver is more reactive than .900 silver. But that is assuming that both are stored in the same place and under the exact same conditions. As I said before, the thing that makes the silver tone at all is just plain air. Expose the silver to the air and it is going to tone - no way to stop it. But you have to realize that the air is different all over the place. And the air inside your home is different than the air outside your home. And the air inside your neighbor's home can easily be different than the air in your home. That's because it depends on so many different things. Things can change the air inside your home are the type of heating system you have, the cooling system you have, the cooking system you have, the different foods you cook and how often, how you cook those foods as in fry, bake, broil, boil, etc etc, whether you smoke or not, whether you use a humidifier or a dehumidifier or neither one. Even the carpet and the paint inside your home makes a difference in how your coins tone. Everything makes a difference. Where you live also makes a difference. Are there factories in your town and what kind of factories, and how many. Is there are river, a lake, ponds, creeks, how often does it rain, what is the relative humidity and how often and how radically does it change. It all makes a difference. And then you have all of the differences in the way you store your coins. All of that, everything, makes a difference.[/QUOTE]
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