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I have a medieval hoard coin that's quite fragile. It was also broken in half & "expertly repaired by museum" (i.e., the halves were glued together).
I'm not a slab guy, but I'd like to get this one holdered just for protection & preservation.
The response from NGC was 'maybe, but we'd have to see it.' (Note the coin was previously bodybagged with 'too fragile to holder' by a previous owner.)
Does anyone have any experience with these new slab types? Or, for that matter, any other ways to protect fragile-but-important coins for future generations?
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Pillar of the Community
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some food for thought - it was preserved from medieval times till now without a slab.
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some food for thought - it was preserved from medieval times till now without a slab. It's from a hoard coin that was in the ground until 1980. It has already broken in half and had to be glued together. There are a couple small edge pieces that have already fallen off, one during transit to me. (Such is the case of most of these Matilda hoard pennies.) I'm not exaggerating when I use the word "fragile" here, unfortunately. |
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 You could holder it yourself with a plastic capsule like an Air-Tite or an aftermarket slab? John1  |
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You could holder it yourself with a plastic capsule like an Air-Tite or an aftermarket slab? Any wiggle room, horizontal or vertical, has the potential for pieces to break off -- it was shipped in an AT capsule and still lost a small piece from the edge during shipment :( I started this thread because, from what little I can see on their site, NGC's AirView slab appears to provide a very tight fit and would prevent any movement. I've never seen any of these AirView slabs, but I thought some of you "slab guys" might be familiar with it. |
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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BStrauss3, Very interesting capsule, thanks for posting. I am wondering though if it would work on a thin coin? I am assuming that samoths' coin is thin? John1 |
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I agree with John1 ..... you can find a nice capsule from Air-tites.com or other supply sellers online
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Lighthouse now has capsules for you - they have two transparent plastic sheets. Nothing touches the coin but those.
Ooooh... I've never heard of those before. Definitely worth a shot! It looks similar to the new NGC holder and the type/substrate I was hoping to find. Quote:
I am wondering though if it would work on a thin coin? I am assuming that samoths' coin is thin? Yes, it's a thin 12th c. English hammered penny. It's not perfectly flat, either. |
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Any way to get one of those capsules and practice with something similar to your coin just to see if it will work without accidently damaging the coin itself? John1 |
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Any way to get one of those capsules and practice with something similar to your coin just to see if it will work without accidently damaging the coin itself? Oh, yeah. I have a few low-value hammered culls with which I can experiment. I'm curious to see how these will work -- I've never used or seen anything like them before. (But I typically don't acquire fragile, damaged, or dug coins, either.) |
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Oh, yeah. I have a few low-value hammered culls with which I can experiment. Excellent!  Quote:
I'm curious to see how these will work If you have the ability to test, do let us know your results.  |
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John:
Sad to report it doesn't quite work with thin coins - I bought some for the 1/2 Escudo I posted in the other thread and the coin is too thin to be trapped between the layers. A 3 cent silver has the same issue.
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Well darn,it was worth a try though. John1 |
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Sad to report it doesn't quite work with thin coins Oh, well. It looked promising... |
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Sad to report it doesn't quite work with thin coins - I bought some for the 1/2 Escudo I posted in the other thread and the coin is too thin to be trapped between the layers. A 3 cent silver has the same issue. Bummer.   |
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