There was a lot of coverage in newspapers May/June 1945 after a dealer in Sydney offered 10 shilling for any 1930 penny found.  Looks like it kicked off a lot of interest with at least 3 being found.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230450729
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47718728

A 1950 article also notes that American servicemen paid 5 pounds per coin to collect them when stationed in Australia during WW2, so there must be more of them in cupboards and storage boxes in the US?

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83057755
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130336504

There is also a funny Children's story from 1933, it's related somewhat but probably not based on actual events!

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102271070

-eccles

Thanks all for the suggestions!  I'll be checking out Purple Penny for sure. :good:
Thanks also for the image education Fulvio, I did read the how-to on images but somehow missed that bit
-eccles

Thanks all for the suggestions!  I'll be checking out Purple Penny for sure. :good:
Thanks also for the image education Fulvio, I did read the how to on images but somehow missed that bit
-eccles

Thank you for the kind welcome, and please, have a gorilla!

Here is a photo of some of the coins from the PVC album.

http://imgur.com/a/6kUIX

-eccles

Hi all,

My first post, thank you all for such a wonderful resource for collectors.

I recently rekindled my interest in collecting and pulled my old folders out of storage for the first time in 25 years.  Unfortunately, all the coins in the pvc albums were green.

I'm been removing the PVC residue with acetone and putting the coins in a recently purchased replacement album (thinking that it must be PVC free, times have changed?).

Based on this thread, I reckon it also contains PVC (it smells, it's soft)!

So I'll revisit my storage options for the better coins.  It's a shame PVC content in an album isn't more clearly communicated prior to sale so new collectors can make an informed decision.

-eccles