Keeping slabs healthy.
rgunther
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What extra precautions can be done to ensure coins in slabs stay exactly as they were when graded?
I have seen some graded coins that are 70's, but the seller will make comments that there are spots on the coin etc. that have occurred after they have been graded.
I live in an area that is quite humid during the summer (actually VERY humid). I keep my coins in a large safe, and I think the humidity is higher in there than outside the safe.
Obviously I don't want things growing on my coins!
I have seen some graded coins that are 70's, but the seller will make comments that there are spots on the coin etc. that have occurred after they have been graded.
I live in an area that is quite humid during the summer (actually VERY humid). I keep my coins in a large safe, and I think the humidity is higher in there than outside the safe.
Obviously I don't want things growing on my coins!
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Any other tips?
<< <i>I have a bunch of those already ;-) Never heard of recharging in the oven.
Any other tips? >>
Once they absorb their capacity of moisture, they are no longer effective. Heating them in the oven for a couple of hours gets rid of the moisture and they are then like new again. Some people with gun safes use a low wattage heating rod made for this purpose to keep the humidity low---Golden Rod is one brand that comes to mind.
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Eva Dry
Much like what you said, the silica needs to be dried out, I think I will get a couple of those for my safe.
<< <i>I have seen some graded coins that are 70's, but the seller will make comments that there are spots on the coin etc. that have occurred after they have been graded. >>
As already suggested, use a silica gel and keep it dried out.
There seems to be a different problem that affects the PR/MS70 silver bullion coins caused by the rinse at the mint. That rinse has been the cause of some coins developing spots after grading. The term used here is "milk spots".
A search on past threads will result in much discussion on this issue.
<< <i>As already suggested, use a silica gel and keep it dried out. >>
Yes, that was an excellent suggestion. Doing some googling I found the eva-dry product line, it looks to do exactly what I need. Can sit in my safe and the silica can suck up any extra humidity. It even has an indicator, then you plug it in and a built in heater dries it out.
Sounds like an excellent solution and I have already ordered one from Amazon.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
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<< <i>As already suggested, use a silica gel and keep it dried out. >>
Yes, that was an excellent suggestion. Doing some googling I found the eva-dry product line, it looks to do exactly what I need. Can sit in my safe and the silica can suck up any extra humidity. It even has an indicator, then you plug it in and a built in heater dries it out.
Sounds like an excellent solution and I have already ordered one from Amazon.
Thanks for the feedback guys. >>
You may want to put your coins in a tupperware type containers or zip-lock plastic bags with the silica gel otherwise the silica gel will get saturated with moisture fairly quickly. I'm assuming your safe isn't air-tight which most aren't.
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This is what I have. It holds one pcgs box with a little room for silica.
They started to turn gold and orange around the rims.
Steve
Thanks to all for the good advice.Never thought about moisture before.
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I can ASSURE you that my "unreal" gun safe would make your "real" safe look like a piggy bank.
<< <i>Thanks to all for the good advice.Never thought about moisture before. >>
This is particularly important with fire safes since the insulation contains a concrete like material with trapped moisture which is released in a fire. The interior of fire safes tend to have very high humidities.
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