Does red cedar cause coins to tone?

bronco2078

I recently bought a small collection of coins and there were some original rolls of Jefferson nickels that were placed in one of those scale replicas of a cedar chest.

Its like a 1/10 scale version of a lane cedar chest and there were 30 rolls of nickles in it.

About half are NF string rolls and the rest are the type that come from the Mint with the colorful wrappers. The oldest are 2004 and the newest are 2011.

Many are developing significant endroll toning , even the 2011 dates. I think they were all placed in the box at one time after 2011 and basically untouched.

drwstr123

If you can smell it...it emits.

bronco2078

You can definitely smell it. I don't believe they were placed in there to tone , the chest just happens to hold nickel rolls perfectly. Nickels wouldn't normally tone in 3 years just from paper rolls I'm thinking.

ricko

Definitely.....cedar is an aromatic wood and even repels insects....so would react with metals as well.... Cheers, RickO

bsshog40

How about some pics? I may have to throw a bag of cedar chips in my coin cabinet. Lol

emzee

Does cedar emit sulfur?

AMRC

<< <i>Does cedar emit sulfur? >>



Not sure, but Sulfur is not the only chemical that can lead to color.

emzee

There are 2 US trees called "red cedar", eastern red cedar, juniperus virginiana, used for pencils, and western red cedar thuja plicata, larger trees used for shingles and structural lumber. I typed "red cedar sulfur emissions ' into my browser and saw several articles about eastern red cedar's great ability to mitigate acid rain,i.e., sulfuric acid, so undoubtedly, the answer is yes,.

Michael

bronco2078

<< <i>How about some pics? I may have to throw a bag of cedar chips in my coin cabinet. Lol >>



It would be tough I'd have to dig one out of a roll end without screwing up a roll. I'm more of a coin scanner than picture taker