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ironhorse Valued Member Canada 363 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 10:28 am Hi Community, I've been a good boy by self distancing and isolating myself and staying healthy in my home. I've been spending time with my collection..cataloguing and inventory etc. I have a couple coin storage booklets my mo in law gave me for Christmas stocking stuffers a couple of years ago; they're the generic Asia produced plastic ten pages that hold about 150 coins. When I got them I thought these would be great to hold my loose world coins and other pieces I did want to 2x2. I've been looking for supplies etc on Amazon lately also and have noticed these booklets are made of pvc! So, now I have a few hundred coins to "wash" in acetone because pvc is a known no-no when it comes to coins that contain reactive metals like copper. I have the time so it doesn't bother me too much to fix this problem. Heres one question, are these booklets still something I can use? I have dozens of aluminum world coins, can they be safely stored in them? Should I just ditch them and move on to something better and put them behind me? I have a few Uni-safe booklets that the coins can find a home in from now on, hopefully, this will be their final home for now. I appreciate your replies..thanks Report this Post to the Staff

river4449 Valued Member United States 170 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 10:42 am There are many options, especially for 2x2s for "random" coins. https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/ar...roducts.html Thats a good place to start, I store all my "random" coins in paper sized 2x2s in a non-pvc sheet in a standard three-ring binder. It works well, you can store as many coins of any size youd like and you can organize them however you may please. There are also non-pvc sheets for banknotes as well! Happy collecting and good luck! Jasper, R4449 Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 03/27/2020 09:35 am Just dump those old ones. Not much you can do with them. Report this Post to the Staff
Lionel90 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 03/30/2020 1:49 pm Uni-safe is popular in Canada but I'm not convinced they are safe for long term storage. I took my coins out of those and put them into 2x2 or the smaller 1.5x1.5 flips. I use the smell test and if it smells like a shower curtain I don't use it. I didn't toss out the Uni-safe but I upgraded to Dansco, Whitman or Library of coins albums with slides. Report this Post to the Staff
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