Thought you might like to see. Its a New Zealand Dollar in UNC condition. The owner told me he got it in that wrapper from a merchant that traveled in Oceania during the time period. Cool story huh? I also wonder wether it would decrease the value at all if I took it out of the wrapper. It would look much prettier Im sure. Thanks for looking ~ Jackson New Zealand 1967 Dollar by greenjackson16, on Flickr New Zealand 1967 Dollar by greenjackson16, on Flickr
I believe that is cut from a regular 1967 NZ mint set. These do have a little PVC but aren't very bad. I've lost only a few coins in my NZ mint sets.
I would asume this to be true. What could PVC do to the coin? and would it decrease the value of the coin to take it out of the bag
The amount of PVC in these appears to be very low so it might be decades before there's a problem. In my opinion taking it out of th plastic would have no effect on its value except it must be protected from the enviroment by some other means. Any movement or exposure might be detrimental. I would be inclined to leave it in and save the effort of doing it right. The right thing to do is to soak it in acetone briefly and then rinse and dry before putting into a 2 x 2 holder or some protective medium. I like this coin quite a bit since the design is attractive and it's a big cu/ ni coin but it is relatively common. It's a great collectible but it might take many years before there's much interest in it numismatically.
A great many of the 1967 New Zealand standard uncirculated sets, are found with the spotting faults. To find an originally packaged set without spots is difficult to impossible from the 250,000 1967 sets produced. The rarity is the 1967 ballot proof set in a hard clamshell case. Just 500 of the 1967 ballot proof sets were minted, 500 times rarer. The Premier New Zealand Coin & Banknote Catalogue 2012 values a 1967 ballot proof at 25 times (NZ$300) the price of a 1967 uncirculated set with faults (NZ$12 with the milk-type spots in the plastic). In addition, 49,500 polished proof sets were also minted.
