You know, I was wondering about that this morning when looking at medals and saw it-couldn't figure out how it might have gotten there. A rubber band... is there anything that won't harm coins? (outside of acetone).
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So rubber-band contaminants can go through mylar? Or does it matter what the flip is made of?
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<< <i>So rubber-band contaminants can go through mylar? Or does it matter what the flip is made of? >>
Mylar 2x2s? Yes! PVC or SaFlips? Probably; it would just take a little longer. TPGs slabs? I wouldn't bet against it! Maybe I'll sacrifice something in a test.
About 6 years ago I stored a couple stacks of coins in mylar flips held together by rubber bands, and a few years later I retrieved them, and found that the rubber bands had become stuck to the mylar in some places. However, I noticed no adverse effects on the coins. I don't use rubber bands anymore.
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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
But there is a black stripe across the front AND the back of the medal. Did they use a rubber band to hold together a single 2X2 flip??
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is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
So rubber-band contaminants can go through mylar? Or does it matter what the flip is made of?
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
<< <i>So rubber-band contaminants can go through mylar? Or does it matter what the flip is made of? >>
Mylar 2x2s? Yes! PVC or SaFlips? Probably; it would just take a little longer. TPGs slabs? I wouldn't bet against it! Maybe I'll sacrifice something in a test.
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
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<< <i>So rubber-band contaminants can go through mylar? >>
Been there, done that. I had the rubber band mark after only 2 weeks touching a 2003 Britannia Silver £2 in a 2 x 2 holder.
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<< <i>Did they use a rubber band to hold together a single 2X2 flip?? >>
Don't know; when I saw it I was reminded of instances of rubberbands around the mylar-window cardboard 2x2s which I've seen in the past.
I believe Susan Maltby (?) in Coin World has touched on this subject in past articles. Anyway, here's a few other links.
A rubberbands active ingredient is sulfur.
Another tidbit
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