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Valued Member
 Canada
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I agree, I will eventually store a portion of my collection in an album.
However, if I intend to preserve my banknotes for several decades, I believe I need to place them in a controlled environment such as a box with a set humidity in it and as air tight as possible. I mean, otherwise, won't banknotes stored in an album still be exposed to the humidity and possibly get damaged after some time ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by Ceylon62
10/27/2012 8:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ziploc bags  I wouldn't suggest that. Ziploc bags are probably made with chemicals that will damage the notes over time. Edited by Canadian-Banknotes
10/27/2012 10:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wouldn't suggest that. Ziploc bags are probably made with chemicals that will damage the notes over time. Do you have any links to the above statement? Soooo...It's OK to store FOOD in zip lock bags that can decompose but not paper  Edited by Ceylon62
10/27/2012 10:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I do not. However, a lot of plastics are made using PVC which will damage Notes, and coins over a period of time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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a lot of plastics are made using PVC which will damage Notes, and coins over a period of time. The use of zip lock bags for coin and currency storage have been discussed before here at CCF and other forums. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=62973BaanosThere are a lot of topics on currency storage just here at CCF. Do some searches and you should see them. Edited by Ceylon62
10/28/2012 07:51 am
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Valued Member
United Arab Emirates
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Valued Member
Canada
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Okay, I've done a little research on google and the problem with ziploc bags is that they are cheap. I would worry about tears and eventually air leaking into them.
Now that being said, I already have a polypropylene box and decent quality sleeves. I don't see how ziploc bags can't improve my setup in any way.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The use of zip lock bags for coin and currency storage have been discussed before here at CCF and other forums. My Mistake.  I just assumed they would have had PVC. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Off topic, I saw $2000 Vietnamese Dong on the top of your stack. I did not know it's collectible. How did you acquire it?
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Valued Member
Canada
290 Posts |
I don't know if it's collectible, but I'll collect anything that's UNC. I got it last September from a bank in Vung Tau, Vietnam upon asking a teller really nicely. I was lucky as most tellers who we asked thereafter turned us down.
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United States
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I got a $5000, $10000 but not UNC.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Banknotes should be stored in Mylar sleeves, the same way that valuable stamps are stored. The only thing different is the size of the sleeves. I would not store banknotes in any other way. The sleeves are manufactured to be part of the album page, which are kept in ring back folders as with coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going the Mylar sleeve route, personally. Most of the notes I buy are in them already, and I bought an extra stack of 100 for any notes I find "in the wild."
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I use mylar holders for non-graded notes and keep them in a photo archival box I got at the container store.
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