Are These "uncle Paul" Brand Albums Safe For Storage?

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AverageMercEnjoy New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 12:59 am Not sure if they are PVC. I know they are cheap but I haven't seen any equivalent of a quality brand out there. I've tried using a 3 ring binder with sleeves but it didn't work out great. Maybe I need a different binder. Any suggestions on safe storage for my random carded coins? Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5238 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 07:49 am If the albums don't say "PVC free" or "archival", I would be inclined not to trust them. Storage is not the place to try to save money. One ruined coin would pay for a lot of quality albums. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94614 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 09:53 am Oriole just about summed it up quite well. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
AverageMercEnjoy New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 08:08 am I figured this but I'm looking for a similar type that is archival quality. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12804 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 10:45 pm By "carded coins" do you mean coins in flips? Lighthouse makes great 3- and 4-ring binders and you can get very nice, safe pages that go into them from a company called Vario. Not sure that meets your definitino of "archival" but it's a thought. Report this Post to the Staff
Aurelius Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 09/22/2023 10:00 am Quote: PVC (acid free) SAFE MATERIAL - Made of acid free PVC I'm in the same boat. The listing says they are PVC free. I don't want to use flips for my non-US coins and these pages can accommodate 30 coins without flips. I wanted to make sure these would be OK. Would long time coin collectors wanting pages for non-flipped coins be OK buying this brand, or would they stay clear? I really don't want to card 100s of cheap coins and only have 20 coins to a page when I could get 30 uncarded coins on these. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4587 Posts	Posted 09/23/2023 08:56 am PVC without plasticizer is a hard, rigid plastic. PVC with plasticizer is softer and that is the one that damages coins. https://www.plasticmoulds.net/ident...aterial.html -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
PMCoin New Member Canada 24 Posts	Posted 01/09/2024 11:03 am As a long time member of the sister Stamp Community Forum, I have joined this forum due to it's familiarity in format, and am bumping this older topic. I have recently gone back to my binders holding 2x2 coin flips from 25-30 years ago and noticed that a lot of the staples have turned rusty. Removing the flips and then the coins has me finding that the coins appear to have a sticky feel. So obviously the pages and flips from 25 years ago are made from the toxic PVC to cause this. As I am dealing with circulated coins from numerous countries I decided that these Uncle Paul coin pages with space up to 42 coins per page really meet my need. However, they are identified as "Safe Material - Made of dust proof and non-toxic PVC. ... Suitable for coins, tokens, ...". Since I cannot find any similar style pages from other manufacturers, how realistic is the "safe for coins" info? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 01/09/2024 11:27 am to the Community, PMCoin! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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Are These "Uncle Paul" Brand Albums Safe For Storage?