How do you store your coins

[Fulvio]

Here's an informative page from a PP album manufacturer. Once you know what to look for, they're everywhere.

http://www.kodanoz.com.au/ring_binders
Oh, and the post office undercuts Officeworks by a couple of bucks:

http://stationery.auspost.com.au/office-supplies/document-filing-presentation/cumberland-polypropylene-insert-binders-2-d-ring-40mm.html

And don't forget the 15% discounted price matching at Officeworks. That would make them pretty reasonably priced.

[czark]

I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.

[Fordprefect]

If your budget allows get one of these, PPH on here is the Owner.
http://www.thepurplepenny.com/2,pvc-free-coin-album-and-slip-cover-with-10-pvc-free-album-pages-to-suit-2x2-coin-holders.html

[Fulvio]

I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.

If the coins are sealed, that's true. However, 2x2's are prone to opening with age, and if air gets to them, so do the PVC fumes. Not to mention anything you have stored nearby is also vulnerable.

You may well get away with it for years. And even then, you may catch any problems early enough to fix them. But then again, lots and lots of people have had coins ruined by this stuff, so its best to avoid risk where possible, no? The better informed we are, the better judgements we can make, I think.

[trout]

I'll be looking at something better than my original request. I didn't realise that the folder its self made a difference. I thought as long as the sleeves are PVC free it will be ok for the coins.

PVC is insidious stuff , I have all my coins in lockup filing cabinets and I wont have ANY PVC material stored in the same place as my coins.
If the album covers are made of PVC then in my opinion you are wasting your money with these and have created a hazard by using them.
In reality you can get a totally PVC free coin storage solution for 200/300 coins for less than $50 so why bother with the crappy PVC junk:angel:

Do the math, If you have 200 coins with a value of even only $5 each then you will be risking damaging $1,000 worth of coins for the sake of saving probably only $10 on storage costs.
I personally wasted quite a lot of money on crappy dansco and PVC storage before I woke up to the fact that these systems were damaging my coins, I had to replace quite a few coins in my collections simply because I was too ignorant/stingy to get the "Good Stuff".
at the end of the day you will always only get what you pay for and if you want to keep your coins in the best possible condition then keep them as far away as possible from ANY PVC product :ok:

[purplepennyhunter]

Yep just what Trout said stay well clear of anything pvc. People have been complaining about the damage it's done to coins for decades yet pvc products are still freely sold by coin collecting manufacturers with no thought but their bottom line.