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joelaz New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 1:29 pm I am building a nice Morgan set and wondering if I can use an existing gun safe I have for storage. My current safe has a goldenrod to take out humidity, but I am concerned that the lubricants/preservatives I have on my firearms might somehow leach into coins, most of which are in PCGS or NGC slabs and sealed proof sets. Should I use existing safe, or just buy another one, and if so anny recommendations for a safe? Thanks in advance. Joel Report this Post to the Staff

Americanamafia Pillar of the Community United States 672 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 1:34 pm I am not that familiar with gun lubricants, do they have a high VOC content? If you dont know a simple test is when you open the safe, can you smell the oils? If you can I would say probally not a good idea. Unless you get an airtight box and place your morgans in that, then place that in the safe. Then they would be safe from the VOCs even if they were there. Report this Post to the Staff
joelaz New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 3:01 pm Yes, they are supposed to be low VOC, but I can smell it. Maybe I should just be a smaller safe exclusively for the collection. One other point, if I were to get a larger gun safe and move them out, would there be any residual orders/gases that could harm the coins? Report this Post to the Staff
tyretiredwave New Member United States 49 Posts	Posted 05/03/2010 12:24 am My husband, the ordnance man says that if you take all of the guns and the ammo out that it would be safe. Report this Post to the Staff
Numiseye New Member United States 47 Posts	Posted 05/03/2010 01:35 am tyretiredwave - I agree. I had the same situation a few years ago. I Just bought another safe for the coins to be sure. Report this Post to the Staff
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