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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12815 Posts |
My Twain gold proof arrived today and the obverse is excellent. Beautiful cameo fields as one would expect. Lovely frosted finish on Clemens' bushy mustache. Great design.
And I'd love to examine the reverse, but the coin it is welded into the flocked holder and I haven't been able to free it yet.
Once upon a time, didn't OGP come with a little cloth strip to pop the coin out without wrecking your finger or the packaging (the answer is "yes").
Gripe gripe gripe sorry...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dude, just be happy you got the coin for $364, $41.30 less than what it costs now even though you had to wait four weeks for it to come off of back order.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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After the first couple of times of dealing with them I now just pop the the insert out and give it a little push from the back. But I guess that's just taking the easy way out  Now the 4 coin Kennedy K13 set..those were the worst I have seen to get out. Edited by 01GTB
02/19/2016 04:04 am
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Valued Member
United States
424 Posts |
Bummer about not being able to get the coin out. I hope you can figure out something that will work.
My Kennedy K13 set was almost impossible. I won't get into the horror story of how I finally popped them free, just keep in mind that I have a lot of tools at my disposal. There was no damage to the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Now the 4 coin Kennedy K13 set..those were the worst I have seen to get out. I'll add my name to the list on that one. And one coin out of my four is 90 degrees off of the others  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm in the group that didn't love the Kennedy set packing either. Gave up on the second day of trying. I knew I was getting into the 'solve it with a hammer' mentality, which never ends up good.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Dude, just be happy you got the coin for $364... Yes, that is nice indeed. Quote:
I hope you can figure out something that will work. Oh, I will. I just didn't try very hard late last night. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The P pucks are the same way. Tricky little devils to get out for sure. I usually flip and push or use a flathead jewelers screwdriver using a fulcrum & lever method
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Now the 4 coin Kennedy K13 set..those were the worst I have seen to get out. Yup.  Good news is that the more you work them in and out, the easier it gets. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12815 Posts |
I finally pried it out with a letter opener, and I managed to avoid any noticeable damage to the capsule or case. This is a great coin; very happy with it.
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United States
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Success.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12815 Posts |
Indeed.
And I do like the different frost levels of the reverse. I highly recommend.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Finally opened mine. Indeed it is a spectacular proof front and back. Too bad it is small, it would not look out of place as a $20 double eagle 1oz gold coin. Funny thing was it just popped out of the holder without any forcing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agreed - this would make a spectacular 1-oz-sized coin. Glad you were able to get yours out easily, Muscles.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've had great success using paper clips to remove the capsules coins from the OGP. Just work at it slowly and go side to side. Use a small one or large one depending on the size of the coin. I got my Kennedy's out easy using this method. The curved tip of the paper clip keeps it from scratching the capsul.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the suggestion, Bret. I'll give that a go.
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Posted 02/19/2016 04:01 am
