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<p>[QUOTE="Ian, post: 25802, member: 283"]I'm a bit wary of having coins anywhere near *anything* PVC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most collectors actually use those `unplasticised' flips. They are still PVC, it's just that the pvc wasn't treated with chemical softeners to make it maleable. While these `unplasticised' flips tend to be fairly stable for protecting your coins, if you THEN put them into a PVC page which is itself treated with chemical pvc softeners....well, to me that is trouble in the making. It's not a particularly good idea for long term storage (IMHO). So the watch word is `carefull!'.</p><p><br /></p><p>For my `ancients' I use Lindner trays . No `off gasing' to pollute / corrode the coins, and the coins are immediately accessible (as I think all ancients should be). Most decent suppliers will stock them (or similar / different brand name). They are't expensive considering that you are getting both a display and a storage system in one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a `for example' supplier picked at random via Google just to show you what i'm talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4y6bo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/4y6bo" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/4y6bo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ian, post: 25802, member: 283"]I'm a bit wary of having coins anywhere near *anything* PVC. Most collectors actually use those `unplasticised' flips. They are still PVC, it's just that the pvc wasn't treated with chemical softeners to make it maleable. While these `unplasticised' flips tend to be fairly stable for protecting your coins, if you THEN put them into a PVC page which is itself treated with chemical pvc softeners....well, to me that is trouble in the making. It's not a particularly good idea for long term storage (IMHO). So the watch word is `carefull!'. For my `ancients' I use Lindner trays . No `off gasing' to pollute / corrode the coins, and the coins are immediately accessible (as I think all ancients should be). Most decent suppliers will stock them (or similar / different brand name). They are't expensive considering that you are getting both a display and a storage system in one. :-) Here's a `for example' supplier picked at random via Google just to show you what i'm talking about. [url]http://tinyurl.com/4y6bo[/url] Ian[/QUOTE]
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