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FrankHFrankH Posts: 982 ✭✭✭✭✭

I think they are
I have a shallow but otherwise large box that I want to store some slabs in

Think I've read here that they are fine for that.

?

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  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2025 9:49AM

    The ones I buy from Costco (pack of 3 boxes = 180 bags):

    The ones I am using have no PVC.

    Box states:

    60 freezer zip lock bags

    Ingredients: Polyethylene, dye and ink

    Company: SC Johnson (USA)

    Our products are made without BPA or Phthalates

    NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers

  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Where are SC Johnson Ziploc bags manufactured?

    Bay City, Michigan

    The SC Johnson facility in Bay City, Michigan is the main hub of our Home Storage business manufacturing billions of Ziploc® bags each year.

    NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers

  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2025 11:39AM

    They have some on Amazon.

    NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FrankH said:
    I think they are
    I have a shallow but otherwise large box that I want to store some slabs in

    Think I've read here that they are fine for that.

    ?

    Can we see the box you're talking about?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭

    @BStrauss3 said:
    Anything food safe is coin safe.

    I'd be careful about stating that. I've had plenty of collections offered to me with raw coins wrapped in plastic wrap, oozing green PVC.
    Who knows what brand of wrap it may have been, but it likely came right from the kitchen drawer.

  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buy the SC Johnson as I mentioned above and you will be OK.

    NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers

  • TheGoonies1985TheGoonies1985 Posts: 5,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Staircoins said:

    @BStrauss3 said:
    Anything food safe is coin safe.

    I'd be careful about stating that. I've had plenty of collections offered to me with raw coins wrapped in plastic wrap, oozing green PVC.
    Who knows what brand of wrap it may have been, but it likely came right from the kitchen drawer.

    Or some coins already had PVC and it got worse over time. Just buy the SC Johnson it has no PVC.

    NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jakeblue - And the reverse.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • jakebluejakeblue Posts: 259 ✭✭✭

    Done. Obviously, no coin exposed. Leather still looks good and I can see nothing that stuck to the reverse of the holder itself.

    "The 2nd Protects the 1st"
  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks! I was hoping to see a Cheerios Dollar or speared eagle. Oh well..

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    I never used it but I considered vacuum sealing..........without the meat! 🥩 😉

    That's certainly one way to keep it red

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  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭

    I'm sure that plenty of food storage products are safe for coin storage ... and some are probably not.

    My objection is to the blanket statement "food safe means coin safe." I simply wouldn't make that broad assumption. Instead, I'd evaluate each product on its own merits, or lack thereof.

    Happy collecting!

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