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Maybe they can make coin-specific bags?...ones without the "waffling" in
them? Hmmmm.... "Ben" wrote in message news they are just sugesting " BACKING" "" but be sure that you place some type of backing"" "Ed Hendricks" wrote in message news:guH6e.11299$H_5.9773@trnddc01... "Ben" wrote in message JUST FYI OFF THE FOODSAVER WEBSITE Can I keep comic books or coins in FoodSaver bags? A. Yes, but just seal the bags, do not vacuum them. The pressure caused by the vacuum can cause the pages and print transfers to stick together. Coins can be vacuum-packed, but be sure that you place some type of backing, such as cardboard, in the bag against the "waffle" side, and face the coins toward the smooth side of the bag. This will eliminate the possibility of any marks left on the coins after long term storage. Your recommend putting cardboard next to the coin? Hmmmmm. -- ©¿©¬ ~ Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 "Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once!" |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:01:08 GMT, "Ben" wrote:
bruce h said that there is cemicals in the plastic,,,, its weird but i should do some more checking If the coins were in some type of inert holder, it wouldn't be a bad idea. Anita |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:29:36 GMT, "Ben" wrote:
JUST FYI OFF THE FOODSAVER WEBSITE Can I keep comic books or coins in FoodSaver bags? A. Yes, but just seal the bags, do not vacuum them. The pressure caused by the vacuum can cause the pages and print transfers to stick together. Coins can be vacuum-packed, but be sure that you place some type of backing, such as cardboard, in the bag against the "waffle" side, and face the coins toward the smooth side of the bag. This will eliminate the possibility of any marks left on the coins after long term storage. Would the cardboard not react with the coins' surfaces? Anita |
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"Ben" wrote in -
kc.rr.com: Is it a bad idea to use a FOODSAVER machine to preserve coins. Does this mean that you will now store your bologna in a safe deposit box ? |
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Ed Hendricks wrote: "Ben" wrote in message JUST FYI OFF THE FOODSAVER WEBSITE Can I keep comic books or coins in FoodSaver bags? A. Yes, but just seal the bags, do not vacuum them. The pressure caused by the vacuum can cause the pages and print transfers to stick together. Coins can be vacuum-packed, but be sure that you place some type of backing, such as cardboard, in the bag against the "waffle" side, and face the coins toward the smooth side of the bag. This will eliminate the possibility of any marks left on the coins after long term storage. Your recommend putting cardboard next to the coin? Hmmmmm. -- =A9=BF=A9=AC ~ Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 "Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once!" CoinSaver/Dobac/Tim uses a Foodsaver for his coins and hasn't reported any problems. I'd imagine putting your coin in a 2x2 then sealing it wouldn't hurt. BTW, has anyone heard from him recently? Jerry |
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Jerry asks, has anyone heard from coinsaver/Dobac/Tim recently? snip
Last time he e-mailed me was 12-8-04. I remember Tim posting that he was using a friends computer to post in RCC because his computer had some problems. |
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"Ben" wrote in message ... Is it a bad idea to use a FOODSAVER machine to preserve coins. Depends on how long you want to store them. Any kind of plastic will rot eventually. Some kinds faster than others. They sure won't make plastic food bags anywhere near what you would want for keeping things fresh. They make them for keeping food fresh for a short time--months not years and years. You could always replace them every other month to be sure--sounds like a pain to do. 2x2 mylar flips is the best long term but you still should change those every couple of years. There really is no sure fire way to keep the ravages of time from eating away at a coin. Any method has it's drawbacks and pluses. What's more important is to keep them in a dark, dry place devoid of sudden temperature changes. Do that and you won't have to worry so much about a storage food bag, tubes or flips. HTH ;-) |
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Depends on how long you want to store them. Any kind of plastic will
rot eventually. Some kinds faster than others. They sure won't make plastic food bags anywhere near what you would want for keeping things fresh. They make them for keeping food fresh for a short time--months not years and years. You could always replace them every other month to be sure--sounds like a pain to do. 2x2 mylar flips is the best long term but you still should change those every couple of years. There really is no sure fire way to keep the ravages of time from eating away at a coin So this is the gist of what I take from this discussion of the progressivity of toning that has been continuing for the past couple of weeks. Any contact with oxygen will make the toning progress from golden to black over time. The only suggestion for removing oxygen is to use a food saver vacuum device, but that involves collateral damage that is almost as bad. So once you have allowed your coins to tone, there is no safe way to arrest the chemical reaction? No way to achieve the desired level of "doctoring" and then freeze it? Regards, Tom |
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On 13 Apr 2005 19:40:43 -0700, "winwin"
wrote: Any contact with oxygen will make the toning progress from golden to black over time. The only suggestion for removing oxygen........ Oxygen? |
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If anyone has wondered why salad leaves go brown so quickly after a bag
of pre prepared salad has been opened it's because the bag is filled with nitrogen to keep the salad fresh. Perhaps slabs could be filled with nitrogen to keep coins "fresh". If any slabbing company should adopt this I want it noted here and now that it was my idea and I will require a 10c US royalty fee for each "nitroslab" sold. Billy Phil DeMayo wrote: On 13 Apr 2005 19:40:43 -0700, "winwin" wrote: Any contact with oxygen will make the toning progress from golden to black over time. The only suggestion for removing oxygen........ Oxygen? |
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