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I keep my coins in coin albums, so when I buy a slabbed coin, I like to break it out of the slab. That isn't easy to do. The fellow at the coin shop yesterday said the pressure points (of the silver dollar I had purchased) are just above the coin, on each side of the slab, and at the bottom-center of the slab. All I can think of using is a pair of pliers.
Do any of you have any suggestions?
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I use bolt cutters. It seems like overkill but it cuts the 4 edges like a hot knife through butter and doesn't splinter the plastic much. I've never harmed a coin this way.
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I also use a bolt cutter. I cut at 3:00 relative to,the coin and that usually creates a neat crack across the coin to the other side. Occasionally I will make a second cut at 9:00 and then carefully pull the two pieces apart. Always seems to work. My handiwork:  |
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Great pic. I'm still smiling. The green bean makes it!
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I wrap the slab in a hand towel, lay against it's thin edge on a concrete floor and with one hammer hit it opens quite nicely and coin is always safe.
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my handiwork And a CAC sticker to boot! I can see jbuck sitting at his pc now.  |
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I don't have a bolt cutter. I have a hammer, hand towel, and concrete slab, though. Thank you, people.
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My handiwork: I see two ex morgan sarcophagi so expect a  from SsuperDdave  Edited by Cascade
09/06/2015 11:03 am
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The Green Bean is killing me as I see money flying out the door.
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Great pic. I'm still smiling. The green bean makes it!
Yeah, that was....poignant. Me, I use a Dremel and take my time. I enjoy prolonging the slab's agony.   |
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Of course, I lock the door and close the windows before I go to work on those slabs, Slider.
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09/06/2015 11:49 am
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The edges are a little ragged, SsuperDdave.
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Well, the CAC sticker is just another version of someone else's opinion of the coin. I don't feel like I paid a premium for the coin (1919-S Lincoln). I have other MS63RB coins that I think have better eye appeal honestly.
The two dollar crack outs are actually a Seated (1860-O) and Trade (1878-S) Dollar that I cracked out for my 7070. They were both details coins but I got a good deal on them and the eye appeal is good in my opinion. I was just happy with the fact that they are real and I could afford them.
There are a few coins I probably won't crack out - I am ok with cracking out $200 coins; $500 or $1000+ coins I will have to think about. The remaining Lincolns needed to complete my collection might fall into this category if and when I decide I can afford them.
I must admit I like coins in albums rather than locked away in a box. If I can find them raw, that's usually my first choice but it is not always possible or people want to sell raw coins at a slabbed price and they have to be awfully nice in that case.
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09/06/2015 12:24 pm
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I just put my little inserts inside the back cover.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I put my little inserts in the cigar box I use for my miscellaneous coins.
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