How to ensure Silver does not tarnish?

[Robert]

I've bought some 1 oz Silver coins (Canadian maple leaf) + 10 oz silver bullion bar, I don't want the silver to tarnish. What would you suggest I should buy to make sure its all OK.

thanks

[Neuro]

Airtites

[Antonio]

Buy gold instead,don`t tarnish and easier to run with:)
PS.Those who witnessed silver at 50$/oz in NYC (mind you,where it is the easiest place to liquidate metals in the world), report that it was EXTREMELY difficult to get the full FRN price for the spot during the very top of the Ag mania.
Always have some silver, but keep most of your blood in gold.

[Robert]

As you know already, when you buy any 25 1 oz Silver coins, they send it in a plastic tube, is it OK to leave the coins there? It looks kinda air tight, or do I have to buy something else?

[Antonio]

Tarnish is the Ag reaction to the hydrogen sulphide in the air, it is not not Ag oxide.
PS.Try not to fart around your Ag stack too much and you`ll be ok.

[Neuro]

No just keep them out of contact with air and they will never tarnish...

[madfranks]

Also, just FYI, tarnish or toning on silver rounds doesn't affect their value.

[Antonio]

Also, just FYI, tarnish or toning on silver rounds doesn't affect their value.


Exactly. And if your dealer is trying to get a bargain from you due to some tarnish, gather enough phlegm and spit in his face.

[undgrd]

If you really want to keep them from tarnishing you could vacuum seal them.

[Sparky]

The other thing that makes them tarnish is the oils/moisture on your hands if you handle them.

If you keep them in the tube without handling them, they will be slow to tarnish. Like neuro said, you can buy airtights, which are two plastic discs that snap together to enclose the silver.

Here's what you do: Leave them in the tube. Then go buy a couple of more Maples or Eagles, and enclose them in airtights so you can enjoy their untarnished beauty. Then go buy a handful of rounds that you can clink around. You gotta have some fondling silver.

You'll probably have better prices to buy at in July if you need to accumulate some more cash first.

[StackerKen]

I completely agree with what Sparky said.

And you can also fondle the 10 ozer. If it tarnishes you can just clean it

[JohnQPublic]

In fact if the tarnish can be presented as "toning", you may even get a small premium for your silver coins.

[Neuro]

Also, just FYI, tarnish or toning on silver rounds doesn't affect their value.


Exactly. And if your dealer is trying to get a bargain from you due to some tarnish, gather enough phlegm and spit in his face.
Or shit in his pants! ;D

[Robert]

The other thing that makes them tarnish is the oils/moisture on your hands if you handle them.

If you keep them in the tube without handling them, they will be slow to tarnish. Like neuro said, you can buy airtights, which are two plastic discs that snap together to enclose the silver.

Here's what you do: Leave them in the tube. Then go buy a couple of more Maples or Eagles, and enclose them in airtights so you can enjoy their untarnished beauty. Then go buy a handful of rounds that you can clink around. You gotta have some fondling silver.

You'll probably have better prices to buy at in July if you need to accumulate some more cash first.


Thanks Sparky , so do you think Silver will get cheaper around July, interesting

[Sparky]

The other thing that makes them tarnish is the oils/moisture on your hands if you handle them.

If you keep them in the tube without handling them, they will be slow to tarnish. Like neuro said, you can buy airtights, which are two plastic discs that snap together to enclose the silver.

Here's what you do: Leave them in the tube. Then go buy a couple of more Maples or Eagles, and enclose them in airtights so you can enjoy their untarnished beauty. Then go buy a handful of rounds that you can clink around. You gotta have some fondling silver.

You'll probably have better prices to buy at in July if you need to accumulate some more cash first.


Thanks Sparky , so do you think Silver will get cheaper around July, interesting


On average. Odds are good either silver has 1) peaked for the year at $31, or 2) will advance to $35ish over the next few months, and then retreat to current levels by summer. So if you wait until summer, you'll probably either be paying current prices or less.

See http://www.zealllc.com/2010/silvseas.htm for a tutorial on seasonal price behavior.