How Do I Remove Plastic Casing Of Coin?

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orkneycoins New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:18 am Hi, Would really appreciate some advice. I have bought a coin in a plastic casing. Is there away of opening the casing without braking the plastic? Or is meant not to be open? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

SilverCents Pillar of the Community United States 3281 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:20 am Well first off, it isn't a coin. Looks like a silver bullion bar. Second, it's in a typical "grading" holder, except by the looks of it it's just using it to hold the bar, rather than display an actual grade. Personally I'd leave it in, it's meant to preserve the bar. If you want to remove it, I'm sure others will chime in on how to do so. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 09:57 am It might just pry open with a screwdriver. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
orkneycoins New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 12:36 pm Sorry. Just to clarify. I am still relatively new to coin collecting and naively assumed that the casing was a standard design that everyone used. So people could tell me straight away you can't take it off without braking it or there is a specific technique to open or close it. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6615 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 1:38 pm Looks like there are 2 tabs on the side. Did you try lifting those? Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 04/03/2021 5:06 pm My favorite tool is a pocket knife. It always helps with hard to open capsules and the like. I'm assuming those tabs are to hold the bar in place, right? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 04/05/2021 6:25 pm @Silvercents: it is a coin, a 10 euro from France. It's just not a round coin. The casing is presumably how it was issued from the French mint. Unlike TPG slabs, mint packaging is usually designed to be opened. As it isn;t round, there won;t be any screw-lock mechanism. You should be able to prise open the seam with a knife, screwdriver, or even your fingernails. The case appears to have been damaged, at the bottom. Don't try opening it there, unless you've already tried elsewhere, as the plastic is more likely to break there. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
SilverCents Pillar of the Community United States 3281 Posts	Posted 04/06/2021 12:36 am Huh interesting, thanks for informing me Sap, didn't realize such things existed. I haven't gone very deep into the world of different forms of coins. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/06/2021 08:20 am I'd go along with leaving it alone. If you damage that case, then what? Report this Post to the Staff
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