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mfhorn Pillar of the Community United States 959 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 3:16 pm Hi all; Does anyone know if a certified grading case can be opened without destroying the case. I want to put the coin in a Type Set and would like to keep the case in tact. Thanks in advance, John Report this Post to the Staff

KenKat Pillar of the Community United States 4085 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 3:26 pm Nope. The case is intended to protect from swapping coins or other tampering, so it is designed to be difficult to get open and opening one destroys the case - hence the term "cracking a slab". My 7070 US Type Set My 7100 Lincoln Cent Set (now with updates!) Report this Post to the Staff
mfhorn Pillar of the Community United States 959 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 3:46 pm Thanks Ken. I kinda figured that. They are locked up pretty tight. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15441 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 3:53 pm That slab is toast if you wish to free the coin. What I do is save the TPG label ... than tape that into the back page of the album so I can remember what the coin was graded at while it was encapsulated. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
mfhorn Pillar of the Community United States 959 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 5:34 pm Thanks David. I really hate to break it open, but it is a Saint Gaudens I bought back in 2002 for $360 and I'm sure not going to buy another at today's prices. It is going in the gold page for the 7070 Type Set. I've also got the '09-s VDB to finish the Lincoln series, but that one will stay encapsulated. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/05/2011 9:08 pm An empty slab would be valueless. I think even in association with the coin that was taken from it, the value of the empty slab would be irrelevant. Except that if you also retain the paper documentation that also came with it. That way, the value of the removed coin may still retain it's graded value. After all, the grading and slabbing is paid for. Because of this, I think it is best to keep the coin in the slab. I have seen on other threads, images of albums designed to store slabbed coins. None of the coins in my collection are slabbed. With the high valued items, I have retained all of the purchase documentation to vouch for the provenance of the coin. Some of my purchase documentation is over 30 years old. That especially applies to ancients. I also have benefited greatly from also retaining all of the service documentation of all of the cars I have owned. Report this Post to the Staff
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