Best Way To Store Bills

I am not keen on vynyl pages. Over a number of years the the plasticiser which is included in the vynyl material to soften it, gasses out. The closest thing that the gas condenses onto are the notes themselves. They would act like a sponge. The mechanical part of the process is a bit like the condensation on a car window. The only saving grace is that the gassing is a slow process, so you should have some time to re house in some other material.

With coins, the fogging can be removed with acetone, but that treatment would be distastrous for notes.

Mylar does not gas out. Clear polypropylene sheet is also OK, but that stuff is pretty hard to find when used as an album material. I know of only one manufacturer of polypropylene album pages.

Go to your nearest friendly stamp dealer, they may be able to give you some more advice. I am not into stamps.

There is also some discussion on this subject in the stamp sub forums, here within the CCF.

Simply use Mylar D archival sleeves, put them into what ever you want (inert albums pages or a wooden box or a shoe box or whatever), store in a cool dry place and out of direct sunlight. IMHO.

@sel: I am glad you brought that up. I hadn't heard about vinyl pages being an issue, and they seem extremely common. I just did a google search, and only a few sites came up regarding the safety of vinyl pages. It appears that the general feeling of collectors is to avoid them for long term storage.

@miket: Here are a couple pics. The pages look fine for me, and I am not too concerned about the binder. I just used a regular 1 inch binder I had sitting around.





There are also pages with larger sized pockets for large US bills. I don't have any, but I can jam in some foreign currency that I DO have.

Woodford, Don't feel bad, a lot of us have gone through the same thing - me included.

What material are the Storesafe pages made from? I am not at all familiar with the product.

There are different albums special made for banknotes.
http://www.hartberger.nl/hartberger...icollect.php

http://www.hartberger.nl/hartberger...embladen.php
Here you can find different sizes.