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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jcz1, post: 731548, member: 20494&quot;]I submitted a Trade Dollar to PCGS and was just informed that it was rejected for PVC Residue. My question now is where did it come from. Here&#039;s a little background...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just getting back into the hobby after a long absence. After pocket-change collecting as a kid, I got back into coins in the early 90&#039;s, then stopped in 1993. These were the pre-internet days, so getting info about products and dealers was not as easy back then. A co-worker and I ended up buying a bunch of coins from the major magazine advertisers back then, such as Paul Sims and Coast to Coast. The 1874-S Trade Dollar was purchased from Paul Sims in XF for $149.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what I&#039;ve read recently about certain dealers, my main concern would be that the coin would come back marked &quot;cleaned&quot; but instead it was a PVC issue. (I don&#039;t know if this means it had not been cleaned at some point in the past, based on the ruling.) My concern now is if it had it when I bought it, or did my storage cause it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was placed in a self-seal 2x2 Day Mount Coin Holder. A google search found these still for sale. They claim to be PVC-free now, but the boxes I have do not mention PVC at all. (The picture on the site looks exactly the same as what I have.) The 2x2 was then placed in a 80-pocket Anco Coin Album. This does not seem to exist anymore, though the Coin Alblums mentioned on the first google result for Day Mount Coin Holder look remarkably similar, other than the text. The Trade Dollar was a little big for the 2x2, so it might not have been as air-tight as it could have been. The album, and all my other coins, were then stored for 15+ years in boxes on the main level of my home.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question to all, especially those who&#039;ve been around a while, is this: do you remember Day Mount Coin Holders and/or Anco coin albums from the early 90&#039;s, and do you think that these were the source of the PVC? Possibly because the Trade Dollar was too big for the dollar-size holder it was in? Or is it possible the coin already had PVC residue when I bought it? </p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, a little more info: I still have some unused Anco albums, and I just went up and smelled them. They do have the plastic smell of a new shower curtain, so I&#039;m guessing they have PVC. If the 2x2&#039;s are still well sealed, is this enough to keep them protected in these albums, or should I replace the albums? And do I need to replace the Day Mount 2x2&#039;s as well? (Replacing the albums is not a big task, but re-doing every 2x2 would be!) Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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