PVC free albums

[ausjack]

I needed to do this big sorting job and am pleased that I've done it and with good advice from forum members basing their suggestions on their own experiences

Yes, totally agree Robbie :good: but I still have heaps to workout :dash1:

[Fulvio]

I would have liked to have seen some different poll options.. oh well.. I dunno for sure sort of works I guess.

How I store things depends on what they are. If I've pulled them out of circulation and they're "bulk" coins, like say 3-1/2 claws, double bars, the more common cuds and cracks etc, then they go into coin bags, which are probably PVC I suspect. But they do get jammed in TIGHT. Like 50 or 60 coins per bag tight, with not a lot of air, and no gaps between coins. More important items go into 2x2's, then into PVC-free Ulta-Pro pages. I also keep 2x2's in slide carousels. But with milk crates full of errors and varieties, there's no way they're all going into expensive storage.

I keep meaning to do some proper research into the whole archival chemistry issue, but never seem to get my round TUIT. I suspect that it would be easier/cheaper to build a large airtight container and flood it with Nitrogen since that should preclude oxidation.

[robbiegal]

well Fluvio
I have been pleasantly surprised at how well coins hold up in old tins
I often get auction lots and the occasional deceased estate lot and then continue to store the coins in tins and they all seem quite ok

but, my storage is affected by a few factors
1. a fairly dry area - not a humid coastal area
2. I keep the coins in side the house and not in say a garage where they can be exposed to moisture, rapid temperature changes etc.
3. I now also use acid free cellophane bags for small groups & single coins - the material that is safe for coins
4. I also buy glad brand smaller food storage containers that aren't locked tight and the coins have also held up for many years all ok - (these coins are the bronzes)

if I ever have coins in a plastic bag I punch holes in the bag so that the coins breathe but rarely do that now unless I am sorting for someone else & they give me the bags

gee whizz, milk crates full of errors and varieties - that sounds like a lot of sorting work to me!

cheers rob

[JeffH]

How do I vote for "None of the above"?

Jeff

[trout]

How do I vote for "None of the above"?

Jeff

I couldn't find the 'Ice Cream Container" option either :mocking:
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[robbiegal]

who made the poll?
perhaps it can be changed to cater for all the range of the collecting community

there's plenty of different ways that we all store coins

[JeffH]

Ice cream containers is one of mine too. Also, frozen yoghurt containers are handy as well as small, square food storage containers.

[robbiegal]

ha ha

[Fulvio]

The plastic tubs ALDI pack their mushrooms in are perfect for short term storage, say when sorting coins. They stack nicely, they're transparent, and they don't flex a lot, unlike say icecream containers.

Tins, eh? Hmmmmmmmmm... That might work I guess.

And yeah, picking up a crate full is hard work, not to mention sorting it. Tins IN crates might be a vast improvement...

[Nevol]

I've got that many types of storage, it's crazy.
 
PVC Albums, yes lots, some that are awaiting action from me to rescue the coins, but they're so yucky I don't want to touch them. I think I'll end up cutting the coins out and then give them an acetone bath.

I have some albums that I've made up using PVC free pages I got from PP.

A full set of Australian Decimal Danscos, unused so far, a heap of US Whitman & Littleton Folders, 1 Canadian Uni Master Album, a heap of UK, NZ &  Fiji folders.

Ice cream containers, Yoghurt containers, lunch boxes, about 40 various sized screw top containers, various other ex food containers, thousands of 2x2's, 1½ x 1½'s, itty bitty zip lock bags, a few dozen assorted types of 'tool' boxes or hobby supply type divided trays.

You name it, if it will hold coins, I'll use it, but no metal containers!

[robbiegal]

jeepers Nevol you sound like fulvio

coins unleashed!

I have a few of those lighthouse boxes with the blue base and the clear top that hold , about 100 2x2's I used to really like using them but the flips are hopeless in them
and they stack very nicely as well

[Goldseeker]

And I thought I was going pretty well with my 37 odd DANSCO Supreme Albums, you make me look like a beginner Nevol.

Now, where do you store all your plastic containers?   I hope not in the kitchen larder........?

[trout]

And I thought I was going pretty well with my 37 odd DANSCO Supreme Albums, you make me look like a beginner Nevol.

Now, where do you store all your plastic containers?   I hope not in the kitchen larder........?

I recon nevol would be doing ALL her cooking on the barbeque outside now that the entire house is full of coins..............Lucky Bugger :dance2:

[Goldseeker]

BBQ every day, not bad.   And the address is...........!

[Nevol]

I recon nevol would be doing ALL her cooking on the barbeque outside now that the entire house is full of coins.

Close! My son BBQ's the meat and I do the vegies inside, usually steamed, and most of the time Mushroom gravy. Yum!  
No coins stored in the kitchen except the ones out of my purse waiting to be noodled.

Closed in side verandah is where the majority of them are, close to my PC.  I spend more time trying to get them organised than anything else,
but I get sidetracked very easily, then when I go back to organising, I forget where I was at and have to start again.
Currently working on 10c errors, but it's taking me ages.

The $1 errors are going to be a nightmare to organise, so I'm leaving them till last.

Sheesh, I'm way off topic. :dodgy: Sorry!