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WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Anybody have any information on who makes (made) these envelopes?? Obviously I would like to know what they are made of first.

thanks

WS

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't know who makes them, but not very efficient for displaying in retail without a clear window on back of the envelope. The coin would have to be removed to inspect the reverse. The envelope won't last very long with being repeatedly opened and fingered.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt that anyone is still making them. It looks like it is very old. I've never seen one, I've been around since the '60s.
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  • 1Bustcollector1Bustcollector Posts: 577 ✭✭✭
    I think it's cool. Never saw that kind. It would surve a purpose for certain raw coins.
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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm with Bill on this one. I have never seen them for sale and I've been around a long time.
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,978 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Possibly made for stamps back in the day?
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  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seems like a stamp envelope. Anything that does not show the coin well especially both sides, obsolete.
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TomB

    Possibly made for stamps back in the day?




    That TomB is one smart guy.

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  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭
    May make for some cool one sided toning.



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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TomB

    Possibly made for stamps back in the day?




    I suspect you are right. The "number" space in the upper right sounds like a stamp catalog number.
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,511 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TomB

    Possibly made for stamps back in the day?




    If you can't "lick 'em"...



    May be an outside the CONUS envelope. image



    The window seems kinda small for about anything larger than a quarter...there may be a larger window available. Seems right for stamps though, I would think that it would kinda difficult to keep it centered unless you had a block of four and then you could only see the inside corners...I'm rambling...I need coffee. image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My best guess is that they are auction envelopes, with spaces for the auction "Date" and lot "Number". Could be for stamps or coins, I suppose.
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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Specimen envelopes?
  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, amazingly enough, I've never see one either.
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  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't seen them in 50 years, either.

    I doubt that they were for stamps due to the position of the window and for other reasons, like a plastic edge on the inside that could easily tear a stamp.
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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    what are those symbols or letters handwritten on the left of price?

    is that a 2x2 in size?

    is there anything on the other side?
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: davewesen

    what are those symbols or letters handwritten on the left of price?



    is that a 2x2 in size?



    is there anything on the other side?




    Probably the dealer's cost code.
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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've looked for envelopes like that, I like them alot.
  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Considering the price is in pounds sterling, I'd say ask the blokes across the pond.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I started collecting in 1961 and don't recall ever seeing an envelope like that before.
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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: 291fifth
    I started collecting in 1961 and don't recall ever seeing an envelope like that before.


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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been around since the 60's also and have never seen one.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    might be for use on a bid board.
  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,464 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Several different companies make this type(not exactly as shown, but close) in many sizes. envelopes.com offers printing by request on the envelopes and in various sizes. Have no idea as to affect on silver or copper. Here is an example:



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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,059 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i wonder if a hobby store such as a coin/stamp store could help out on where to go
  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My grandmother collected coins from the 1940's to 1960's and I never found such an envelope with her items.

    I kept a few silver coins in plain brown envelopes and some had some surface damage.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We have a serious number of old farts in this group, myself included, and the fact that none of us have ever seen this envelope in use in a coin-related application must mean that these were never sold in the numismatic trade. I still think that the stamp trade is the most likely origin for it.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd buy some of those If they were offered at a dime or so each, provided the clear mylar was inert.



    Perfect alternative to a cardboard 2x2, regular paper envelope, or ubiquitious flip that's either flexible and PVCish or stable but brittle/scratchy

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