An open appeal to all collectors and dealers...

wybrit

I just received a couple of nice coins in the post from an excellent dealer.

The only problem - the coins were in PVC holders.

I ask you, implore you, beg you - all of you - to stop putting coins into PVC holders!!!!

You know who you are.



Thank you.

laurentyvan

CC to the manufacturers of these products?

NJMark1

Must be millions of coins out there sitting around in PVC holders. Makes me itchy thinking about it but not much you can do about it.


Mark

cosmicdebris

I concur.

1jester

Sounds like someone has stirred the Wybrit to wrath!

laurentyvan

Greenpeace is not too fond of it...

Globally, over 50% of PVC manufactured is used in construction, in products such as pipelines, wiring, siding, flooring and wallpaper. As a building material PVC is cheap, easy to install and easy to replace. PVC is replacing ‘traditional’ building materials such as wood, concrete and clay in many areas. Although it appears to be the ideal building material, PVC has high environmental and human health costs that its manufacturers fail to tell consumers.
From its manufacture to its disposal, PVC emits toxic compounds. During the manufacture of the building block ingredients of PVC (such as vinyl chloride monomer) dioxin and other persistent pollutants are emitted into the air, water and land, which present both acute and chronic health hazards. During use, PVC products can leach toxic additives or incinerated, again emitting dioxin and heavy metals. When PVC burns in accidental fires, hydrogen chloride gas and dioxin are formed. ..........Furthermore, additives are not bound to the plastic and leach out.

And when they leach, they attack the coin

CIVITAS

<< <i>Greenpeace is not too fond of it... >>



Hmm, that sounds like all the more reason to use it.

shirohniichan

Greenpeace is against PVC?!

I thought PVC cause Green Pieces.

MacCrimmon

Shall I start a photographic montage of acetone/xylol soaked, green-coloured cotton puffs used to remove the "poison" from the copper and silver pieces I've come across?

Askari

Actually, MacMouse, that might not be such a bad idea. A lot of people aren't familiar with what it looks like. A thread showing what it looks like when it hasn't been on long, when that is properly cleaned, when it has been on a long time, and what damage is left behind on that after it's been cleaned. Showing what this all looks like on different metals would be a thread that many new folks would find educational.

Steve27

I'm all for getting rid of them.