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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4889037, member: 105098"]I feel ya -jeffB. It works for me, but I follow the "when in doubt, throw it out" theory on a lot of things. Better safe than sorry. I've found this water method to work for me. but like I said, I don't know if it works on all compositions, or on how much or little PVC might be in the mix and the results. If it sinks I change it to something that I know is PVC free and be done with it, and if it's a new item i'm unsure about, like sticky window coin flips that float for some reason but should be PVC-free, I throw them out.</p><p>I mean there's Acetate or polystyrene, Vinyl, mylar, a whole bunch of different materials. it's not really a catch all, </p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking if you fold it and it seriously creases sharply, or breaks along the fold it's likely PVCfree.</p><p><br /></p><p>if it bens and flexes and doesn't really crease at all, it's gonna have PVC in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The PVC ones are just fine for short term storage/packaging, you just don't want to leave a coin in them long term. A couple months tops really and I'd say more like to or from a coin shop or sale only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4889037, member: 105098"]I feel ya -jeffB. It works for me, but I follow the "when in doubt, throw it out" theory on a lot of things. Better safe than sorry. I've found this water method to work for me. but like I said, I don't know if it works on all compositions, or on how much or little PVC might be in the mix and the results. If it sinks I change it to something that I know is PVC free and be done with it, and if it's a new item i'm unsure about, like sticky window coin flips that float for some reason but should be PVC-free, I throw them out. I mean there's Acetate or polystyrene, Vinyl, mylar, a whole bunch of different materials. it's not really a catch all, Generally speaking if you fold it and it seriously creases sharply, or breaks along the fold it's likely PVCfree. if it bens and flexes and doesn't really crease at all, it's gonna have PVC in it. The PVC ones are just fine for short term storage/packaging, you just don't want to leave a coin in them long term. A couple months tops really and I'd say more like to or from a coin shop or sale only.[/QUOTE]
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