Why use MYLAR® ? There are several reasons to prefer Mylar® film over all the other commercially available choices. Here are five major reasons: Mylar® is chemically inert; it will not react with paper or ink. Many old documents were printed or written on acidic paper and some inks were very acidic as well. Some other plastic films, notably PVC, or Polyvinyl Chloride, will react unfavorably with such items. PVC continually out-gasses vinyl chloride, which combines readily with moisture in the atmosphere to produce hydrochloric acid. This can be quite destructive to an old document, especially when confined to a plastic pouch or holder, in a box, drawer, or album. Mylar® is an effective barrier to contamination; it will neither allow contamination to pass through it, nor will it allow contamination to be absorbed. There are no manufacturing chemical residues in or on Mylar® film to harm your paper collectibles. Mylar® film is crystal clear, allowing your items to be viewed in their holders; there is no need to remove them for inspection, risking degradation or damage. No other plastic film makes your material look better than Mylar®. Mylar® won't stick to your items, not even photographs. There is no risk to any contemporary, or historic, photographic medium. Mylar® is a registered TradeMark of the DuPont Corporation, for their archival polyester film. The impressive reputation of DuPont's Mylar® film has also resulted in the word Mylar being used as encompassing all archival films. In fact, the only other (at the time) manufacturer of archival polyester film, ICI, maker of Melinex 516, was bought by DuPont a few years ago. Since then, DuPont has closed the original Mylar manufacturing plant, continuing to make its archival polyester film at its Mellinex facility. The two products were and are indistinguishable; indeed for many years the Library of Congress has recognized only these two products, Mylar TypeD, and Mellinex 516, as being safe for archival storage. We will settle for no less.

Why make three different kinds of albums? The albums we offer, and the sleeves and pouches as well, are our response to our customers' needs. The three album formats each have own their distinct advantages.

SafeKeepers SafeKeepers were developed to answer a need for an album that would fit in a small safe deposit box. SafeKeepers are a short version of our post-binder albums. We now have six different sizes of SafeKeepers to accommodate different sizes of currency and related items. There are also three larger sizes of Post-Binder albums for uncut sheets of obsolete currency and nature prints, cartoon cells, etc. The Post-Binder format is most often used for custom albums.

Flexibles Flexibles were developed for people who needed an inexpensive product that would transport and display groups of currency, checks, or stock certificates without the extra bulk of a substantial binding. We have Flexibles in four standard sizes, for everything from fractional currency and postcards, to stock certificates.

Multi-Ring Binders Multi-Ring Binders are used where the collector prefers to put the items in a binder on a shelf. We utilize sections of holders, "shingled in", like with a check-writing system. There are multi-ring binders to accommodate different sizes of currency and checks, as well as stock certificates.

Oregon Paper Money Exchange 6802 SW 33rd Pl. Portland, OR 97219 503-245-3659 Fax: 503-244-2977 email: opme1984@qwestoffice.net Members ASCC, SPMC