When usingdo 2x2 flips or puttin coins in dansco albums (the ones with the plastic on front and back of coin), what do you guys/girls use to clear the paper dust that's usually all over them. Is compressed air can safe?
Go to the drug store and get a squeeze bulb, use that. http://www.riteaidonlinestore.com/R...olor_map,price,size_name&searchRank=salesrank
Thanks. I used the compressed air can a couple of times. Does anyone know if thats safe for the coins or not?
I quit using dansco and the others, I only use the Intercept Shield books and boxes. I have been really happy with them. Sent from my PD_Novel using Tapatalk
It's just air under pressure. If you're worried about the moisture that can be emitted from the can when spraying the air from, that's normal, just don't spray your coins with it. But the squeeze bulb the others mentioned is better to use.
This is why I stopped using Dansco's for my nice coins and started using flips. I was seeing little cardboard dust particles on my coins. Didn't think that would be good for them in the long run.
I use a dansco album for my washington quarters (the pricey ones are mostly slabs). Many of the coins were placed in the early 1990's and even the clad ones have toned. the silver ones mostly have colors around the periphery the clad take on golden hue over the entire coin. One coin has been trashed by contact with a piece of cardboard (1991 's' proof clad). it is a risk to use a dansco for nice unc coins- the up side will be beautifully toned coins- the downside slide scratches ugly toning and damage from that cardboard problem. On the whole I'd say I came out way ahead because it is not that common to see nicely toned clad quarters.---...---ouch I just noticed that my 51 's' has a spot
The problem is not all canned air products are the same. Different brands have different stuff in them. Safer to go the other route.
Exactly why I use the Intercept shield stuff they have a liner that blocks contaminates from your coins. I have had some ASE's put up in a Intercept shield book for 7 years with no tone change and no damage from the book. They are a little pricey but worth it in my opinion. Sent from my PD_Novel using Tapatalk
The intercept process uses a chemically reactive copper material to combine with contaminant materials. And this is a well accepted preventative. The problem is that you do not know when the material has fully combined with contaminants and is no longer active. The time will depend on your environmental levels, and may be longer than your life expectations, but when the end of the chemical activity occurs, you just have to buy a new album, as it is not a replaceable liner. It really doesn't act as a barricade or such, it is a sacrificial copper source more active than your coin's surface.
So is it not worth replacing a 30 dollar album to protect a couple of hundred in coins? I realize that the albums " wear out" but personaly I feel that the peace of mind I get from knowing my coins as safe as I can get them is worth the cost. Sent from my PD_Novel using Tapatalk
I have gone back and forth, having enjoyed the minimalist look of mylar flips in plain, clear pages within a Whitman album named simply "Coins," to fitting between the two strips of plastic in specific albums. I've tried saf-t-flips, saflips, and cardboard 2x2s as well. Small coins move around too much in the saf-t-flips, whereas the saflips seal up tightly just by pressing the perimeter. Either one is nice for moving/sorting coins around, and slide into 35mm 3-ring pages nicely for generic binders. Cardboard and staples are too messy for my tastes anymore. I also think I have pretty much quit using the pre-named slot albums for anything but high mintage circulated examples (or otherwise not much numis value)--if at all--due to my unease with the extreme effort it takes to push some coins in, and the perpetual contact with paper, then the occasional plastic rub during removal. Paper and staples...trying to quit...
That was my experience too . . . . I just spent hundreds on this adventure – here’s my album reviews: http://www.cointalk.com/t199783/ Here’s my experience in general – hope it’s helpful! http://www.cointalk.com/t199778/
