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Forum Mom
 United States
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Got the email and can't wait to see the holder!  |
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Pillar Of The Community
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You should have it in a few days. Remember this one being sent is for an ANACs slab. Hope you enjoy the new freedom of having your favorite slabbed coin watching you all day!!! I may be wrong but I do believe dealers will like what these holders have to offer to them!
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Pillar Of The Community
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Susan, its in the mail and it went PRIOITY so it should be with you by Tuesday! Looking forward to hearing your opinion and do hope ND has the opportuntiy to take a long hard look as well! I would value his opinion highly as I have already heard from my dealer but that is on the local level!
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Valued Member
United States
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This is pretty cool what you are doing Terry. I always believed...
"It isn't broke...BREAK IT!. Take fast and make it faster. Take great and make it greater. Take smart and make it brilliant."
I always thought all slabs should be air-tight (or tite if you will), offered with the Intercept Shield protection and sonically sealed. Other than authenticating and "grade-opinion", shouldn't a coin slab offer the best protection, the best display, and ultimate storage?
Edited by zakgold
07/23/2005 8:41 pm
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Pillar Of The Community
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My goal, as a collector, is to be able to enjoy that one special coin and if it is in a slab, well you just can't do it with out fear of the kids carrying it off or it getting knocked down behind whatever it was laying or propped up on. Those days are now behind me as this holder holds the slab upright in a nice presentation stand and the slab is basically locked in and unless you are carrying a phillips screwdriver in your pocket it won't fit in a pocket! Biggest reason I did this is that I tend to carry every new coin I purchase around in my pocket for a couple of days so I can pull it out and admire it or show it off. That just isn't working for me any longer as I constantly have a new coin and they are ALL special when you first buy them so how could I set a few around without fear of them disappearing? Well I think this holder will serve the purpose and I can assure you if I was a dealer with big money slabs in my shop every one of them would be in one of these holders. Would make it darned hard for a thief to pull a big switch and be gone! It just won't happen!
Also can make the thing to hold whatever amount of coins one would like to view so hopefully I am on to something here! Anyhow, when Susan posts the photo I would appreciate HONEST opinions about my big invention and I will go from there! Thanks for the encouragement many of you have given me as every now and then we ALL need a little push!
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Valued Member
United States
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If anyone is attending the ANA San Francisco Show next week, it might be possible to pick up a few sample slabs. I got a few PCGS and ANACS modern Canadian coins in slab free at the Silver Dollar show last year in St. Louis. PCGS had them setting on a table to be taken, but I had to ask ANACS for some. Edited by daveyn
07/24/2005 08:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by crystalk64
do hope ND has the opportuntiy to take a long hard look as well! I would value his opinion highly
Absolutely. Anything that will better the hobby will get 100% of my support. |
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Forum Mom
United States
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Hi Terry,
I got the holder yesterday. (Sorry, but I didn't get a chance to play with it until today.) I love it. The ANACS holder looks wonderful in it and it's very attractive. I'm going to slip it in with my auction pics that I need Bobby to take and I will post them when they're done.
I now have to get my BHD certified by ANACS so I can display it in the new holder. It even looks nice with the 2x2 snap holder that I have it in now.
This would be a great way to showcase particularly nice slabbed coins with an element of security. Did you send one to ND or do you want to me to take this with me to CoinFest to show him?
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Pillar Of The Community
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Well it seems I am batting 1000% as Susan likes it! No, ND has not seen them so I would appreciate your making sure he does! Please keep in mind I can do singles, doubles, triples, ect....! Currently just working the singles as I worked all day yesterday getting singles cut out. Should have more ready to go pretty quick if the humidity will just give it a rest. Finishing and drying time in all this heat is taking a good 3 days right now. This project has taken on a whole new meaning in the last week, as you well know, so I hope things pick up a bit! Thank you for the kind words and I will probably be in touch by PM very soon.
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New Member
Netherlands
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Terry, I've read this thread with much interest. Not because I've got slabbed coins I want to display in a safe way (haven't got any slabbed coins) but because of my technical background. I love technology and ways to embed technology in my other hobbies. You seem to be doing well here, on that aspect. I haven't seen the holder yet, but I've read that one needs a phillips screw driver to get the slab out. quote:
and unless you are carrying a phillips screwdriver in your pocket it won't fit in a pocket!
Well, I carry one with me all the time. (it's in a leatherman multi-tool). And I'm not the only one with such a multi-tool or army knife. Perhaps, to cover that, you could replace the phillips screw with torx screw. Those are far less common in army knifes and multi-tools, yet a good hardware store can sell you a torx screw driver if you need one to place/remove the slab from your holder. It's a small investment that makes your holder even safer. just my 2 euro cents worth ;) |
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Actually Trantor_3 I have given that some thought but have not managed to locate the tool nor the screws as of yet. The flip side would be how many individuals or dealers would have that tool readily available, at any given time, to change the slabs when they so desire. Guess I am trying to provide an opportunity to everyone who wishes to display their favorite(s) slabs and enjoy them out in the open and at the same time provide collectors and dealers with a degree of security they don't currently have when they get those slabs out for friends or customers. This whole process started with my own (very few) slabs that I cannot enjoy or display because I have a little guy who doesn't miss a lick! Be hard telling where he would stash a slab and who knows how long it would take to locate it again. Still looking for a relatively rare token (less than 200 known) that he picked up last winter and deposited somewhere safe here in the house! The coin was raw so we are talking penny size and it still has not turned up. We did catch him pushing pennies into a crack under some trim a few days later so that gave us some idea of his thought process. For what it is worth the coin WAS NOT mine and we are still looking! It is here SOMEWHERE!
Thanks for your opinion and hopefully when I get this going everyone will find a use for these holders for whatever their reasons may be.
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Forum Mom
United States
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Terry, I don't think you need to worry about the phillips head screws. As they are long wood screws, it takes a little time to get them undone in order to remove the slab. I would think that a displayed coin (looking at this from a dealer perspective) would not spend that much time out of sight of the dealer.
I'm thinking that these will be especially nice for shows.
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Pillar Of The Community
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Susan, I was thinking the same thing when it comes to shows. A dealer is faced with a great number of customers and strangers whom he may never see again. Handling slabs at a show, especially the big money slabs, would scare me to death and as we all know a great number of bait and switch criminals do not worl alone! I am also going to do some taller, more costly, holders for those BIG boys that we all like to look at, even at the shows, and they for the most part would be a more "no touch" display. Too big to be passing around and a safe place for a rare coin to be displayed. I guess it all boils down to what you would like to admire, what you paid for it and what it would be worth to add a little security that can be used over and over for the rest of your life? Am counting on you to contact ND for his opinion!
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New Member
Netherlands
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Terry, from Susan's response I understand you're using wood screws, I don't know if these are available with torx heads. Most screws that have torx heads are like in this page : http://www.at-fairfax.com/SecurityS...ullyTorx.htmNow for torx screw drivers, overhere one can buy these at any decent hardware store. If you're having difficulties getting them I can imagine you don't want to use them. If, in a later sstage, the user of your holder wants to use torx screws, he/she can obviously change the phillips screw for a torx one. |
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Forum Mom
United States
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quote:
Originally posted by crystalk64
Susan, I was thinking the same thing when it comes to shows. A dealer is faced with a great number of customers and strangers whom he may never see again. Handling slabs at a show, especially the big money slabs, would scare me to death and as we all know a great number of bait and switch criminals do not worl alone! I am also going to do some taller, more costly, holders for those BIG boys that we all like to look at, even at the shows, and they for the most part would be a more "no touch" display. Too big to be passing around and a safe place for a rare coin to be displayed. I guess it all boils down to what you would like to admire, what you paid for it and what it would be worth to add a little security that can be used over and over for the rest of your life? Am counting on you to contact ND for his opinion!
I'm planning on taking it with me to CoinFest to show ND. (I'd send it to him, but I want to keep this one for my BHD ). |
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