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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I saw no reason to keep this in an AU slab, a 1-year issue - 1919 Mexico 20 centavos, .800 AG, 15mm, 1.81g - if a high range MS state, sure - likely keep intact and buy another for the flip album - but the coin shows very light wear and I wanted it in my album of flips, so here's the sequence: In original slab Cracked slab Loose coin _poor phone pic :( Coin in flip Flip with some more of its friends      Enjoy! |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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I usually ask myself, does the slab help the coin or not? Here, clearly not and you can safely remove it. However, judging from your process, I think you forgot the "safely" part.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I've missed your point I guess...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
I must say that I personally despise staple type cardboard flips, merely because of the possibility that a wayward staple can severely scratch a coin. To each his own though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
If this is a problem with you folks I'll delete the post. Sheesh.
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Rest in Peace
10197 Posts |
With printing like your, you don't need a labeler! Crisp looking, why I have to use a printing device, nice.
Archetect or graphic designer by chance?
Edited by Crazyb0
04/17/2017 2:23 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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You filled a spot in your album, you did good.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1888 Posts |
Quote:
I must say that I personally despise staple type cardboard flips ^ THIS. Staples + coins = trouble. Especially for older, arthritis-challenged fingers. To my mind, a stapled 2x2 is a coin prison as much as a plastic slab is. I prefer to store my non-album coins in small zip-lock poly bags for easy removal. But to each his own, eh. |
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United States
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My compliments on your penmanship, 999fine. The flips look great.
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United States
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As long as you flatten those staples I see no problem. Very nice collection there. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A couple points:
Cracking the slab: this is quite easy with this TGP, the "padding" around the coin is superb. Cracking was done on a steel plate, one corner on the plate and the other struck firmly with a hammer. Piece of cake. When cracked simply peel apart. I've used a scroll saw on others.
Stapled flips: Quite easy to handle. I press the exposed ends down into the flip making them nearly flat. Removing coins is simple with an exacto knife cutting at the inside of the mylar a bit. Then pressing the coin free. Hardest part is getting the staples perfectly aligned which I didn't do on this example.
I have used self-adhesive flips as well. Depends on what I have on hand at the time.
For those who took the time to say something nice, thank you. I will be 71 in a few months and my hand is not what it once was. Yes, I have a graphic arts background which I am grateful for.
I like the flexibility of flips and their pages in arranging my pieces. I need only 4 UNC (non-gold) specimens to complete my United States of Mexico (1905 - 1992) collection. I will likely settle for lesser grades as reality sinks in :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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John1 - you posted as I was typing. I've seen posted somewhere the suggestion to NOT flatten the staples as it makes their removal (theft) from acetate pages more difficult. I certainly agree if one keeps flips in those red (or other) storage boxes.
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Poland
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Add me to the list of people impressed by how even your writing is. I've never written anything on 2x2s because it just looked awful.
If the coin isn't uncirculated - and if UNC ones are relatively abundant - I don't think cracking it out is a problem. Unless you paid for slabbing it in the first place, of course...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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DL20K - I suspect a previous owner hoping for an MS grade submitted the coin and received an AU grade. Perhaps I will upgrade this item as providence permits :)
Hint: I scribe pencil lines (one can see them on this flip) and use them to guide my lettering. It takes a while (20 years +/-) but not forever. LOL
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Russian Federation
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To my mind, a stapled 2x2 is a coin prison as much as a plastic slab is.
I prefer to store my non-album coins in small zip-lock poly bags for easy removal.  - though I don't have a lot of coins in albums either. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice job! Quote:
Hint: I scribe pencil lines (one can see them on this flip) and use them to guide my lettering. It takes a while (20 years +/-) but not forever. LOL My writing is bad enough that if I took the time to make sure my lettering was as precisely handwritten as yours is, that 20+ years you mention would have passed well before I was done with just one 2X2! Edited by Earle42
04/17/2017 5:43 pm
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