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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 340100, member: 4552&quot;]WELCOME TO THE FORUM. </p><p>If the plastic pages you are refering to are rather stiff, not to worry even if PVC. I doubt they are but even if they are the stuff that was added to make them more flexible usually leaks off in several years. The substance is none as phthalate and after the excess leaks off the PVC returns to a basically stiff, not dagerous material that won&#039;t even melt until 212 degrees F. PVC is in reality a Polymer and is a very stable CoValent Organic compound. Look at any hardware store for what is written on the plastic pipes used for drinking water in your home, it&#039;s PVC. Note your stomach has not turned green yet has it? PVC damage to coins is similar to the misuse of the term Verdigris. Once someone says something about it, it gets copied over and over and over. If your worried about PVC, you should really worry about drinking water in almost every modern home in the USA. </p><p>Regardless. Back to your find. My opinion is to slowly purchase Albums such as Whitman, Dansco or similar ones. Place any coins you can in those. They will help preserve the coins and also look great. You don&#039;t have to use cotton gloves if your carefull and just handle all coins by the edges. Primarily wash you hands frequently so as to get rid of as much oils and acids from the fingers as possible. </p><p>Your question as to if the pages themselves are PVC and the flips are not. Again, it depends on a few things. If again the pages are older and stiff, most likely all the phthalates have leaked off by now. There was only so much of that mixed in and when it is gone, it is GONE. If you have 2x2 type flips and they are securly stapled or taped, very little air can get to them. Still I like the use of coin albums since they serve so many purposes. You can see the front and back, fingers can not touch them, you have notations under them that tells you what they are, you are more aware of what you have and what you do not have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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