RCM / Royal Canadian Mint Specimen Sets Damage

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ChuckB Valued Member Canada 65 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 3:59 pm HI After browsing this site for a few weeks I finally decided to join. I have some RCM Specimen sets, I like the finish of these and the loon dollars. After reading on hear about the damage PVC does I decided to take the piece of protective plastic off of my sets, and there is some damage to the plastic its sort of foggy. This is frustrating because I left the plastic on in order to keep them in the best condition possible. is there away to remove the "fogging"? is this an effect of PVC in the protective plastic? Thanks for any help and all the information I have already obtained from this site Report this Post to the Staff

Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 4:52 pm What year is the set you are having problems with? I saw someone else who cleaned his set plastic on the outside with one of those headlight restoration compounds, the danger is always that the chemistry might affect the coins. All plastics haze to one degree or another over time and plastics used for coins often lack stabilizers and things we take for granted in plastics used for other products. Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9165 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 5:01 pm If the haze you are taking about is on the coin then you can clean it off with acetone. I did have this on my Loons that I took out of the PVC holders. Report this Post to the Staff
ChuckB Valued Member Canada 65 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 5:06 pm hi the sets are 2007 and 2009, its not terrible just not perfect. you can actually see where there was some air bubbles in the protective plastic. live and learn I guess Report this Post to the Staff
ChuckB Valued Member Canada 65 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 5:09 pm Just saw the other reply Thanks for the input, as of right now the coins are still in there original condition, just the plastic you view them through Report this Post to the Staff
Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 01/08/2012 5:27 pm Well you can remove the plastic sheets from coins, buff the plastic with the headlight stuff from Canadian Tire and clean it, dry it for a couple days before returning them to their place. It's one large plastic sheet so should be easy to do. Report this Post to the Staff
poboxw Pillar of the Community Canada 1502 Posts	Posted 01/10/2012 10:28 pm buffing the plastic with milk chocolate does the trick for me Report this Post to the Staff
ChuckB Valued Member Canada 65 Posts	Posted 01/11/2012 08:32 am "buffing the plastic with milk chocolate does the trick for me" Really? I'm willing to try it. I'm laughing a bit but if it works why not Report this Post to the Staff
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RCM Specimen Sets Damage