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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, not uncommon on older slabs.
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05/25/2021 09:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a lot of rim left on that coin to fill the space designed to hold a full rimmed dime.
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 Russian Federation
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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nfine makes a good point.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I don't think it is a good point. They slab coins from all eras and from all over the world so they slab coins of varying thickness with a similar diameter to this coin. So why didn't they select an appropriate holder for this coin? When you pay good money for a service near enough isn't good enough and one size doesn't fit all.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I see that I am not the only one with this problem. Is it highly prevalent in newer slabs?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is mine considered old? Your slab in the image is not an old slab. Quote:
Is it highly prevalent in newer slabs? No, it is not highly prevalent in newer slabs. But it can and does occur in all generations of slabs. |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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As a perfectionist, I am very concerned about this problem + I also have a damaged slab.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I also have a damaged slab. The slab itself is in no way damaged. The internal fit was probably off by ~1mm or less. When you grade almost 300,000 coins per month, mistakes do happen. |
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Russian Federation
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I was talking about the damage on the reverse. It is quite small and does not look like a chip at all. But thank you for reassuring me, and this is just a minor flaw in the company.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I've got quite a few older slabs and I've seen the coins can gradually rotate with handling, especially the 1st generation PCGS "rattler" slabs. I've found the coins can often be rotated back in place just by gently tapping a corner of the holder against the palm of your hand until they're positioned as you would like. I've seen coins mispositioned in newer slabs, but those are usually tight enough this little trick won't work.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was talking about the damage on the reverse. It is quite small and does not look like a chip at all. From the pic, to me that does look like a small chip in the stacking edge, which is not too unusual to see. The stacking edge is fairly thin and a bit prone to chipping with a lot of handling. Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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Grape, if they are grading 300,000 per month then there are 2 issues; firstly with that much practice they shouldn't be making such silly mistakes and secondly with that volume they should have a huge range of inserts to suit a range of thicknesses and diameters. Another issue that comes into play is quality control where the finished product is checked for any issues, not just a rattling coin but chipped slabs, wrong denomination, wrong mint, wrong variety and wrong country (and yes I have had multiple slabs with all these problems).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Everyone gets curve balls thrown at them during their life...how you react is what's important...ask them to re-slab the coin. If they refuse, you deal with it.
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