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>>56700636
>I chose to handle it and not encapsulate it because I wanted to see how bad it would get and how quickly
No you didn't handle it, you left it alone and sad on a shelf. The more you handle silver, the less it tarnishes, it's well known. I know it's not just an urban myth, because i use the same silver forks/spoons on a daily and since i use them all the time they always keep their luster. Same goes for my lucky coin i play with every day (1oz wiener).

The tarnish will also depend on where you live. The more polluted your area, the more sulfur in the air to glue itself to your silver.

>due to it's lustre and then in no time, shits fucked.
It's not "fucked", your silver is still there and it's still worth the exact same amount. If you want to see it lustre back you have countless non-abrasive petrochemical cleaning lotions who will make it shine after few seconds of rubbing, and most even add a protective layer who prevent further tarnishing for 6 months or more.

>What also doesn't make sense to me; when I look up old silver coins like 1960's Canadian silver dollars they look pretty damn good for being circulated coins from that era
That i can't explain it, but it's very true i noticed it too. Many alloyed silver coins don't tarnish much, while you'll see milk spots and tarnish appear in no time with .999 ozers. Especially the lizard ones, my britannia milk spotted within hours, could almost see it happen in real time lol. Meanwhile pic rel for example is over 100yo and still super shiny, but i bought it from a lot where it wasn't sealed or anything.

So is this only a conservation issue, or is it due to maybe chemical residus accelerating the process on newly minted coins? I'm really curious about why new pure silver coins milk spot and tarnish so fast compared to old constitutional.

>>56626191
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