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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3717409, member: 112"]Gilbert - </p><p><br /></p><p>The Whitman 9430 album - (an example below)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/whitman-statehood-quarter-coin-album-sku-22328.html?feed=Froogle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Km7l53Y5AIVgo7ICh0GcwmVEAYYASABEgIGdvD_BwE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/whitman-statehood-quarter-coin-album-sku-22328.html?feed=Froogle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Km7l53Y5AIVgo7ICh0GcwmVEAYYASABEgIGdvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/whitman-statehood-quarter-coin-album-sku-22328.html?feed=Froogle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Km7l53Y5AIVgo7ICh0GcwmVEAYYASABEgIGdvD_BwE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>- is the problem. They are arguably the worst thing ever invented for coins, and are directly responsible for screwing up more collections than could possibly be counted. The problem, is the glue. Ya see, when those things ar eput together in the factory, the entire outer page is coated with glue. Then it is applied to the cardboard with the holes in it so the two stick together. Then when a collector puts his coins in these folders the surface of the coin is touching this glue.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course the paper and the cardboard both are completely laden with sulfur - it's the sulfur, combined with the glue, and the moisture in the air, that is causing what you see on your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, water, acetone, xylene - none of that is going to take it off - it's toning. And none of those things affect toning in any way - as you yourself have discovered. You have one choice, well two choices - 1 - sell or trade them off as is, 2 - dip them. Neither of these is a good choice but that's all ya got. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dipping circulated coins, well it just doesn't turn out well. The coins look really weird, unnatural when dipped. It'll take the yellowish toning off the coins alright, but they're gonna look really weird when finished. I wish I had a better suggestion for ya but there just isn't one. You could send them all in to a TPG for "conservation", cleaning in other words, but all they can do is what I've already told ya. And the coins aren't worth what it would it cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>But either way, you need to get any other coins you may have in folders like those out of those folders and throw the folders away. And if you decide to dip the coins, and you haven't ever done it before - well then you need to get somebody who has done it before to do it for you, maybe a dealer or collector friend you know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3717409, member: 112"]Gilbert - The Whitman 9430 album - (an example below) [URL]https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/whitman-statehood-quarter-coin-album-sku-22328.html?feed=Froogle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Km7l53Y5AIVgo7ICh0GcwmVEAYYASABEgIGdvD_BwE[/URL] - is the problem. They are arguably the worst thing ever invented for coins, and are directly responsible for screwing up more collections than could possibly be counted. The problem, is the glue. Ya see, when those things ar eput together in the factory, the entire outer page is coated with glue. Then it is applied to the cardboard with the holes in it so the two stick together. Then when a collector puts his coins in these folders the surface of the coin is touching this glue. And of course the paper and the cardboard both are completely laden with sulfur - it's the sulfur, combined with the glue, and the moisture in the air, that is causing what you see on your coins. And no, water, acetone, xylene - none of that is going to take it off - it's toning. And none of those things affect toning in any way - as you yourself have discovered. You have one choice, well two choices - 1 - sell or trade them off as is, 2 - dip them. Neither of these is a good choice but that's all ya got. Dipping circulated coins, well it just doesn't turn out well. The coins look really weird, unnatural when dipped. It'll take the yellowish toning off the coins alright, but they're gonna look really weird when finished. I wish I had a better suggestion for ya but there just isn't one. You could send them all in to a TPG for "conservation", cleaning in other words, but all they can do is what I've already told ya. And the coins aren't worth what it would it cost. But either way, you need to get any other coins you may have in folders like those out of those folders and throw the folders away. And if you decide to dip the coins, and you haven't ever done it before - well then you need to get somebody who has done it before to do it for you, maybe a dealer or collector friend you know.[/QUOTE]
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