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My $45 purchase of a vintage coin album turned into a huge mess when the pages started flaking all over my good finds.
The cheap plastic sleeves inside the album broke down and left a sticky residue on a bunch of my wheat pennies from the 1940s, so now I have to figure out how to clean them without damaging the metal.
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julia54912d ago
Oh man, that's the worst feeling! I had a 2x2 holder go bad and it left this awful cloudy film on a mercury dime. For your pennies, try a long soak in pure acetone, not nail polish remover. It can lift that gunk without hurting the original surface.
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uma_taylor4712d ago
Acetone saved my wheat penny collection last year.
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susan64912d ago
My old coin club president told me to check the plasticizer content in any new holders. Some cheap PVC ones will always leach over time. He said to look for archival-safe, acid-free materials even for temporary storage. It's a bit more money upfront but saves the heartache later. I learned that the hard way with a buffalo nickel.
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