+LadeBear68 Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 I have received numerous coins over the past six months and I am beginning to notice that more coins are coming in wrappers or plastic envelopes that are flimsy, cracked or they come in plastic bags that have numerous holes. Has anyone else noticed this? I am not talking about the packaging of the coin but what the coin comes in. For example: today I received the lighthouse coins, they are beautiful but the plastic envelope that they came in is cracked in ten places (on both envelopes) and they are flimsy with no protection to the coin. Quote
+Chaos A.D./aka Arlsdaddy Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) My JWID I received today was "in" a flip that was actually in about 7 pieces. Edited February 4, 2006 by Chaos A.D./aka Arlsdaddy Quote
+nielsenc Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 Isnt that to keep costs down? nielsenc Quote
+LadeBear68 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Posted February 4, 2006 Do you choose the wrapper when you have your coin made? Thecachingplace puts them in little plastic bags, coinsandpins put them in a flip and kvcoins puts them in soft plastic covers. Quote
+Teamhawaii1981 & blueicyrose Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 This has yet to happen with me; but some of the flip books are really neat. If I really like them I just keep them in it when I put the coin in my leaflet pages (baseball card pages). The tiki ones for example were spectacular. The others I just rip off, so it wouldn't bother me if they were messed up. Quote
+The_Proffens Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 Seems like they are being re-used or something. Quote
+WeatherednBoston Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 I believe the cracked plastic comes from temperature changes. I read somewhere else that this began happening when winter set in. The folded ones from coins and pins are very nice...they have never cracked on me...but all the other single pocket ones are cracked. Quote
ParentsofSAM Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 Most all of our ones that are a little pouch with a flap are cracked, but the 2 pocket ones are not. Luckly at our local flea market there is a coin dealer and he sells the 2 pocket ones for 2 cents each. He also has a really nice coin book I will put my coins in there and then take a picture. Quote
+tiki Posted February 4, 2006 Posted February 4, 2006 The coin "flip" wrappers that I use for the TikiCoins are rather brittle - that is because they don't use any "softeners" in the plastic. The chemicals that make the sleeves soft actually can damage coins during long term storage. I'm sure this has been discussed to death elsewhere on these forms - be sure to get your storage supplies from a coin dealer who knows about archival storage techniques. Hm... That kinda drifted off topic. Just wanted to explain why some of the plastic sleeves can be "brittle". I have actually cut myself on the TikiCoin sleeves when breaking apart the perforated sheets! Tiki Quote
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