Help! 1 Cent Dollar Collection Deteriorating, What To Do Now?

I'm reviewing my collection and I took the coins to the service area where I have an office for work. Unfortunately, it's humid here and my wife and I use this area to smoke. There's also an orange juice factory nearby that releases a lot of steam into the air and the smell of oranges can be unbearable at times. It must be a bad environment for the coins, but I didn't think it could affect them so much.
I've already moved the remaining coins to a healtheir place. If they stay in this condition and don't deteriorate, I'll be more at ease.
Thanks, Spence.

You need to wear gloves when handling coins. Stop handling them with your bare fingers. The oils from your fingers will cause them to tone from the oils reacting with the metal. Also store them in 2x2 if you haven't yet. They all look lightly circulated, so there's no premium over face value in that condition.

Thank you all for the advice and tips. I live in Brazil and unfortunately I don't have much contact with dollars. I'll have to look for someone who has them to replace them. Other coins were also affected. The exposure to the environment wasn't good. I noticed that the air here doesn't favor copper coins.
I inherited this collection from my father. For 25 years, they were kept in albums that deteriorated. Then they were put in wooden boxes where they are still today.

Other coins are having the same problem.

I will now store them in bags until I can buy proper coin protectors.


affected currencies




orange juice factory near home


storage