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desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 7:08 pm I found this Ziplock vacuum kit on sale at Vons ( sister of Safeway) for $1.99 and wondered how it might be for storing slabs longterm. Here is the bag with 3 test slabs inside Now I use the pump on the seal and this is the result. The bag is tight against the slabs. The valve stays useful for waiting a few days for air inside the slabs to diffuse out and then the pump used again. The bags could also be unzipped and slabs added or removed. Would also work for unslabbed material also I would think. Jim Report this Post to the Staff

KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 7:17 pm That's a really great idea--I think I'll try it for my coins in SDB storage. Btw, is that an 1882 S-6 IHC? Wow...that's a very low population variety! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19947 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 7:18 pm That's pretty cool! You're missing one thing... a dessicant pack or two. I also wonder about the ingrity of the valve.....will it last? I need to talk to my brother. He was showing me these bags that TRUELY seal 100% and are completely impermiable. Some sort of NASA technology. He sprayed a sock with strong perfume, put it in a regular ziplock and stuck it to my nose. I could smell the purfume through the bag. Then he put it into one of these special bags and I could smell NOTHING! It was truely amazing. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 7:54 pm Kurt, you have the best eyes! Yes it is a 1882 S-6. I had it out to try and get a good photo through the slab, but the slab is rubbed and hazy to photograph through. If I get a good photo, I will post it. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 8:19 pm Hehe...once I see something, I make some quick leaps. I saw the S-6, "82" and knew it was an IHC. It would be great to see a pic to compare the MPD details, but I know what you mean about slabs... Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 9:38 pm Slabs are for building houses on. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 9:56 pm And you would know! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage Valued Member Canada 159 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 9:57 pm There are industrial strength vacuum bags used for casting resin. Those will probably last MUCH longer than those cheap Ziplock bags- Than you can store your bagged slabs in a concrete capsule and bury it under a river. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 12/23/2008 02:24 am There is a post somewhere in this forum where someone tried to ziplock her proof coins and it came out to be cloudy. Not something I would recommend. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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