Examples of suitable protective coatings and overlaminates include but are not limited to those selected from the group consisting of acrylic and methacrylic polymers and copolymers such as polymethylmethacrylate and styrene acrylates, polyesters, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, polymers and copolymers of vinyl chloride, copolymers of ethylene with acrylics and methacrylics including ionically cros