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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One of my graded coins appears to have rotated inside the slab. Is there any way to fix this without damaging the slab or the coin?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Lightly tap one corner keeping the rest of the slab upright. The coin will eventually rotate to the correct position. But if it does it will continue to rotate one way or the other with any subsequent movement.
Or, just pay to reslab it if it drives you nuts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 , and if it starts rotating the wrong way when you tap it, just tap the other side. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3179 Posts |
Gently touch a vibrating toothbrush to either edge of slab, you will see it start to rotate.
Edited by Tunnioc
11/16/2015 9:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gently touch a vibrating toothbrush to either edge of slab, you will see it start to rotate. Very good idea!  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Doesn't all that rotation inside the slab cause abrasion? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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In theory, yes, but the amount of wear would be impossible to see, even at 100X, and the coin rotated hundreds of times.
To cause abrasion, you need some sort of abrasive material inside the slab; that is not the case here.
Just do it and don't have any worries, because there ain't any.
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Moderator
United States
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I'm not up on slabs,is that an old slab known as a rattler? Won't PCGS re-slab for free being it's a defective product? Also,wouldn't plastic have a degree of roughness to it causing abrasion?  John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I don't believe that a slab is defective if it is a rattler.
Since it is easy to correctly orientate a coin inside a slab, it is easy to tolerate that the coin contained therein may have rotated.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8137 Posts |
I do not believe that my slab is a rattler. Rattler slabs are smaller and have a green label.
I will try the toothbrush idea later today. Thanks for your help guys!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I'd let it be.
My concern, like others have said, would be abrasion.
That could turn your MS-65 into an AU-58 slider.
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Valued Member
Australia
369 Posts |
I'm wondering what would happen if this was a lesser known TPG. Calls of low quality rubbish plastic and slack quality control spring to mind. |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Only the edges of the coin are touching the rubber insert in the slabs. The face of the coin doesn't rest against the slab wall neither does the reverse. You can tap it around in a circle all day long and you're not going to put "wear" on the coin. It's really just an annoyance
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Im sure it's not an anoyance to a Brit collector. They might actually like it |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1463 Posts |
That's a stabbing error mates.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
I was able to fix it. Thanks guys!
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