Banknote Storage

Yes! I just got a bunch of sleeves for my foreign bank notes too, I had them in binder sleeves, but I finally invested in the next step up.

 

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Great to hear!

There is no such thing as "binder sleeves" but there is such a thing as pages with pockets (2, 3 or 4). Pockets do NOT properly protect your notes (& many pages were made from the bad acidic vinyl. If you had your notes in the pockets then you exposed them to oxygen, dust, moisture (& possibly the acid from the old vinyl). Especially notes in the top pockets! But if you had them in museum safe sleeves then they would have been far more protected from 99% of the elements that degrades paper + 100% of any damage caused by handling.

There is a HUGE difference between storing your notes in a page (without a sleeve) & in proper PVC-free sleeves. FOR polymer notes: I don't think such exposure is as critical (or damaging) but for the older paper, it is really tough to see.

And I keep seeing YT videos of expensive "$500+" notes pushed into these old vinyl pockets (no sleeve)! Circulated dealer stock (I'm okay with that) but some of these older, more expensive series - being handled & knowingly exposed drives me crazy!

All it costs is 50 cents to protect a $500 note!