How To Free A Slabbed Coin?

Hi Christopher,
if you can find a method to free coins from plastic tombs without damaging the slab to be re-used,
I could use a few plastic tombs / slabs to store some coins, mainly Halfs & Peace dollar size.

I use these, works great. Cutting pliers.

http://www.toolking.com/channellock...-end-cutter/

Vermontensium, I have a pair of those laying around somewhere. I think I am going to try that method.

Oh, take a picture of coin and slab before removal, and save the insert info.

If you have a vice, place the slab in the vice and using a Dremel tool saw tyhpe blade, or a hack saw, or a saber saw and cut off the ends. Make sure you have on safety glasses. Do not attept to break open with plier, bolt cutters, etc. since they will very possibly make for flying pieces of plastic. When using any type of saw, do not use the metal cutting type. The teeth are to close together which may temd to make the plastic melt back together. After you've cut off the ends, the slab will just fall apart.
Any method that may creat flying objects is not smart. Remember that those that recommend such methods will not pay your medical bills, visit you in the hospital, give you new eyes and not even send you flowers in the hospital.
As to keeping a photo of the coin while in the slab, it means nothing since once opened, you could never prove it is the same coin. I open any slabbed coins I get and place the coins in an Album. I used to keep those little tags that explained the coin from the slab but not long ago, I realized that too ment nothing since if in the future, could never prove it is for a certain coin.
IF you think in the future you need slab verification, don't open the slab. You could never prove a coin was the one in the slab once opened.


So just being nosey, what was the grade of the 09S VDB? How much did you pay for it? Hopefully your collection is in an Album, not a Folder.

You're not being nosey at all JustCarl,

It is a XF40 graded by NGC. I paid $860.00 for it. The first 1909 S VDB I owned was also the same grade, unfortunately I had to sell it last summer along with a lot of other coins I had in order to make ends meet. Divorce can be quite expensive. The good news is that my situation has improved and I am trying to rebuild my collection. My Lincoln cents are currently in an album, I did away with the folders years ago.

The pictures are just to document my handy work.

Obvoiously not married. OR you do the laundry. First time a wife would find all sorts of plastic stuff in the washing machine, you would be ..............

I have edited my list of links above to include this one. Not sure how I missed it before.