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OK I just bought the coin album (my first) to put my best coins in and store them safely for years. My issue is, that I don't want to store them in contact with PVC (vinyl) sleeves as this will ruin them. As is well known. I also don't think much to the idea of having to go out and buy 'flips' and put those inside the sleeves after I've asked for a PVC-free album. Now I bought a Numis album off ebay - the shadiest of places - and I asked before I bought about the PVC and I was assured that although there was PVC in the album the storage places were made of something else (he didn't know what). Anyway, I got them this morning and after opening the folder up I cannot tell if the sleeves are PVC-free or not (since I'm not an expert in petrochemicals). The seller left me a note inside telling me to contact him if I found they were made of PVC - but how am I to find out!? So I've come here in order to find out if anyone knows what the Numis albums are made of? With regard to their sleeves' in any case. if I find out quickly this can save me hassle. Thanks for any help that might be forthcoming, Matt |
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Matt,
You can just e-mail the manufacturer at info@leuchtturm.com
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Not a popular brand so just about anything you find out may or may not be true. Even manuafacturers have been known to not exactly be honest. My suggestion is if in doubt, don't use it or use it for coins you are not likely to want for the long term. Best stick to Whitman and Dansco.
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LOL!!!!
I have time to send this back...
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Bedrock of the Community
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Sending it back or just not using it would be the best thing when in doubt. Contacting the manufacturer or distributor would be as logical as asking a used car salesman if their cars are OK. Or asking a real estate person if the basement of a prospective house leaks. If you believe them, I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge for a good price.
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Hehe... thanks for the advice, I really hate liars and so I might have to be stern here..
I have been assured, or rather, told, in a rather curt reply to a question about PVC that the coins do not come in contact with any chemical softeners. An answer about whether or not it was made with the fated PVC would have been extremely useful.
Re: "Dear Matt,
Thanks for your mail.
Yes, the material which comes in contact with the coins is free of any chemical softeners.
Best regards,
Mit freundlichen Grüßen "
I'm still confused.....
-Matt
Edited by NumisMattyUk
04/26/2007 11:55 am
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Matt, I will try where others have failed:
PVC does not damage coins; damage arises from an additive. These softeners/plasticisers are what leach out of the PVC and eat at your coins.
Soft, flexible plastic is most likely to contain the bad stuff. Hard, brittle plastic no.
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I understood this before you replied Tex - "PVC does not cause damage in itself, it is the additives etc..." - but they haven't yet told me what exactly the substance is.
Do you really think I should risk damaging my coin collection full of uncirculated gems?
I still prefer Carl's advice so far.
-Matt
Edited by NumisMattyUk
04/26/2007 3:25 pm
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Modern albums offer outstanding protection (Dansco, Whitman, Intercept Shield, etc.). Intercept Shield probably offers the best protection, but they are expensive and not widely available. For my money, if I had a beloved "uncirculated gem"--especially a flawless proof--I would go (and have gone) with air-tites: http://www.air-tites.com/air-tite_c...upplies.htm. |
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http://www.safepub.com/About/about.htmThe reassurance I needed. The company that produces the sheets is actually a big company specialising in collectable and; "All material that comes in contact with your collection is guaranteed archival quality, 100% free of plasticizers (chemical softening agents) and free of stearates. The foil used does not contain plasticized PVC." Has just meant that I can now SLEEP!! Woot! So happy!!
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Posted 04/25/2007 8:22 pm
