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Moderator
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Going thru my extra coins and had a basement TPG slab of a dime and was gonna just sell it as melt.
4 Things I learned from this
1. You will shatter the slab all over your living room.
2. You will nick the coin defiantly making it melt value.
3. Hunting knives with serrated blades are only good for cutting...not hitting.
4. You will have a piece of plastic fly up and put a 1/4" gash on your forehead.
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Valued Member
United States
126 Posts |
Great story, lol! I'm sure you had fun doing that!
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
Kinda...but I still have a headache  |
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Valued Member
United States
126 Posts |
Is it really even worth much if you sell it as melt value? It seems like it was definetly not worth your time,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Oh man...my condolences! But, is it ok to chuckle a little?  Was that dime really MS68 before its breakout? |
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Moderator
United States
6563 Posts |
AU with light scratches and bag marks
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Valued Member
United States
302 Posts |
1954 Roosevelt dime MS-68 $20 Serrated Hunting Knife $32 Expression on your face as the plastic flies up and hits you on the forehead Priceless  Sorry, I just couldn't resist LOL |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh man I hope nothing got out through the Hole ?
Sorry GO I could not resist ,,I do hope your ok !
GO next time take the slab to your bench grinder and grind the edge back to the seal it will open like nobodies business and with no damage to the coin .
Metalman
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Valued Member
United States
57 Posts |
The knife sounds like something I would try, always using the wrong tool for the job
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
I don't know if you posted this with the hope of getting input as to how to crack slabs, but I will post this anyway in case it helps: I have found that any slab can be cracked open safely if you place it on the floor, place a straight-edge screwdriver at the upper corners and hit it lightly with a hammer. I never do this on the lower corners because it's too close to the coin. Once the two upper corners are cracked, it's just a matter of patience to get to the coin by breaking the plastic away gently. So far, I've had 100% success with no coin damage.  |
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Valued Member
United States
90 Posts |
Not everybody has one of these, but I always thought it would be really easy to take my band saw to the case and I could just cut off each side and then lift the top off. Easy (if you have a band saw). |
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Valued Member
United States
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I've learned over the years that using knives (especially serrated ones) to hit or pry various things open is not a good idea. However, I had never tried it with a slab. Thanks for saving me the time on that one GO. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
749 Posts |
Glad to hear it was your forehead and not your eye GO!
How much would the melt value be anyways?
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You need to change your handle to Rambo now. Do you think that you had enough knife? What, was you machette in the shop getting sharpened? I've never tried to open a slab, but I think this method would have been way down there on my list. I probably would have ended up cutting my finger off though... lol. Thank you for the "What not to do" Tutorial. Always appreciated. |
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Posted 02/24/2008 10:39 pm
of you! 
