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Pillar of the Community
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I recently purchased a Dansco 7171 Morgan Date Album. I already have all of these that are raw except for a 1895-O Morgan. I need the easiest and safest way to crack this one out. I have never done this before and I am a little nervous about potentially damaging the coin. Thanks for the help.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have cracked out some PCGS slabs. I used a pliers and a little common sense. Probably should not use a sledge hammer.
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There are a few old threads on this. My choice would be a rotary tool (Dremel), using a cutting wheel to break the seams. Others have used a hammer to crack the corners.
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Rest in Peace
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Put it inside a glove, edge up, strike softly with hammer on the top edge until it cracks. It opens easy after that.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's pretty much what I do.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yup. Hammer tap the edges on concrete wrapped in towel or glove somewhat hard on all edges until you hear or feel the splits.
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Pillar of the Community
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Definitely keep it wrapped up when you do it. I got frustrated that the case on a $2.5 gold piece wouldn't open after a number of hits so I did it without the towel. The thing shattered open and my coin slid 20 feet across a tile floor. I about had a heart attack! Thankfully it was surrounded by a rubber holder (it was a PCGS case) which was what actually slid across the floor while the coin itself was untouched. Don't be stupid like me!
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Pillar of the Community
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The yellow ANACS is easy to crack open. You only need a large flat head screw driver. The yellow ANACS holder has groves on the side of the holder. Place the head of the large screwdriver into the side grove in about the middle of the holder and twist. The plastic will separate away from the coin with almost no effort.
The hammer method works well for the NGC holders.
The hammer method does not work well for me on the newer PCGS slabs. The next time I need to crack a PCGS slab, I will use a Dremel tool, bolt cutter or tin snips. I am able to get the coin out with the hammer method, but the plastic breaks apart in pieces.
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09/23/2016 09:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks guys...I actually cracked the ANACS out like Slider suggested with a screw driver. Popped right open with no damage to the coin.
Then I cracked a PCGS slab with it wrapped up and a hammer. This worked well also. The hammer is messier but at the end of the day they were both released with zero damage to coins!
Thanks again.
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The yellow ANACS is easy to crack open. You only need a large flat head screw driver. The yellow ANACS holder has groves on the side of the holder. Place the head of the large screwdriver into the side grove in about the middle of the holder and twist. The plastic will separate away from the coin with almost no effort. This is my method for the newer ANACS slabs. Overall: ANACS (newer) - flat head screwdriver in the groove and twist NGC - hammer time PCGS - tin snips at 3:00 and 9:00 on the coin and slide it apart |
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Huh I haven't cracked a yellow anacs slab yet. Thanks for the screwdriver advice slider... If I ever need it lol
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Posted 09/22/2016 3:56 pm
