How come the ANA doesn't know better?

Barry · September 12, 2012 1:50AM

My wife was cleaning out some drawers and found some coins (wheaties, IHC, Buffs) that were given to my (then young) daughter by the ANA 10-15 years ago at an ANA World's Fair of Money. The flips are all PVC!. While the coins are generic dates in circulated condition, they all now have surface damage. How come the ANA doesn't know better?

TwoSides2aCoin · September 12, 2012 1:56AM

They do. That's why we have NCS.

lkeigwin · September 12, 2012 2:13AM

Dealers send coins in PVC flips all the time. They're fine for the short term but never for long term storage. I guess collectors are supposed to know better.
Lance.

LindeDad · September 12, 2012 2:36AM

Put them in the silverware basket of the dish washer the oily stuff will come right off.
They were giveaways don't you think those penny pinchers would go as cheap as possible.

ColonelJessup · September 12, 2012 5:58AM

I believe the more accurate title for this thread would be

"How come the ANA didn't do better 10-15 years ago"

dollarsandcents · September 12, 2012 6:50AM

You mean: Why didn't the ANA anticpate you and or your daughter keeping the free coins they gave you in PVC flips stored in those PVC flips for 10 to 15 years?

WoodenJefferson · September 12, 2012 7:46AM

You mean the FDA has not put a warning label on the flips yet?

mrpotatoheadd · September 12, 2012 8:15AM

The ANA could have used hard mylar flips, I suppose. In that case, we'd now be reading about how the 10-15 year old flips were dry and cracked and that the coins fell out and got all scratched up.

habaraca · September 12, 2012 3:38PM

why didn't you teach her bout the flips then or since then??

astrorat · September 12, 2012 11:02PM

The ANA did know better 10-15 years ago and knows better today, but still uses PVC flips. Aghast? It's about budget. PVC flips are much cheaper and when they are used in bulk to give away coins (which already cost money), make economic sense. Still aghast? Then donate some "safe" flips to the ANA ... lots and lots and lots of them.

Another question might be ... why leave them in the PVC flips for 10-15 years? Did you not know better?

Just in case anyone is chewing their nails as they fret over the PVC flip scandal ... the Money Museum does not store coins in PVC flips.

Dentuck · September 13, 2012 12:23AM

<< <i>Just in case anyone is chewing their nails as they fret over the PVC flip scandal ... the Money Museum does not store coins in PVC flips. >>

Lane, I'm glad you weighed in with that, so readers don't get the wrong idea about the Money Museum.

I once bought a large, late-1800s German art medal from a well-established dealer at an ANA show. He handed it over to me in a PVC flip with the warning, "Make sure you transfer this to a non-PVC holder as soon as you can." I appreciated (but didn't need) the caveat; it was a nice courtesy and reminder. We'd been talking about safe-vs.-unsafe holders, and how a safe flip would be decimated by the time I got it back home. They're brittle. Better to transport the medal in a flexible PVC holder and "download" it to something more longterm.

BillJones · September 13, 2012 12:34AM

Safety flips are more expense and break more easily. I am not a fan of flips for long term storage. I try to avoid them. I would not blame a dealer or the ANA for what happened here.

How come the ANA doesn't know better?

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