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Here is the deal. This 2001 ICG MS-68 2nd US Mint box ASE is the oddball out in my collection. I'm collecting BU ASE from 86-date and encasing them in AirTites. Also am collection PCGS MS-69 ASE 86-date. So this MS68 2001 would fit nicely in the Airtite box... So should I crack the slab and put in the AirTite box? The coin did not cost much and it was the first ASE I bought, the 2001 date was significant to me because of 9/11. In reality the 2001 ASE is just like any other. So I'm thinking about using a Dremel to open up the slab..... Any thoughts? PS. Not to impressed how the ICG label is crooked and all.....  Edited by RangerXLT8
10/30/2006 3:44 pm
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Sounds reasonable to me, so Dremel away!  |
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Thanks Dan! I'm gonna post pictures of the surgery when completed!
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Crack it!  |
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quote:
Originally posted by hadleydog
Crack it!
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I have cracked many coins out of slabs because I wanted to put them in different places where the slab just didn't fit. I have bought coins especially with the intentions of cracking them out, so if you ask me and you want to crack it out then its yours and if it would fit better in your collection cracked out of the slab and out in something else by all means crack that thing out and put it where it fits best into your collection. Since I started on the dansco 7070 I have cracked more slabs that I want to think about. I do keep the labels though because in the back of the album I placed a few peices of paper which I write the information on like what grade the slab said, or overton number or anything else it says, then on the last peice of paper, once I have all the holes filled I am going to glue the labels to either the paper or to the inside of the albums bottom cover itself
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Well here it is:    Went well and now I have 1986-1987-1996-2001-2002-2006 ASE in AirTite box. Just need to get the rest. |
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Take the coin to your vise now.
Nice coin!
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I do mine a little different with my dremel, I run the cutting wheel all the way around the seams of the slab then just take a small screw driver and pop it open like you would a clam shell that way the slab if fully opened and all you have to do is pick up th4e coin and dont have to worry about the coin hitting a jagged edge when trying to get it out of the slab when just cutting the top off like you have done. As long as your way works for you I am in no way telling you its a wrong way to do it, as long as it has the same outcome then they are both a correct way to acheive the same goal, just maybe something you may want to try next time
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Originally posted by Bryan1315
I do mine a little different with my dremel, I run the cutting wheel all the way around the seams of the slab then just take a small screw driver and pop it open like you would a clam shell that way the slab if fully opened and all you have to do is pick up th4e coin and dont have to worry about the coin hitting a jagged edge when trying to get it out of the slab when just cutting the top off like you have done. As long as your way works for you I am in no way telling you its a wrong way to do it, as long as it has the same outcome then they are both a correct way to acheive the same goal, just maybe something you may want to try next time
What I did was cut off the base completely. Then cut a square in the top layer(it was kind of reckless with the blading coming about 1/8" away from the coin), then just removed the square top layer. Now the reverse was exposed. Then the square rubber mold holding the coin just came out. Then I put on my latex gloves and popped the coin out of the rubber and inserted into the AirTite. Next time I am definitely going to be more careful and go about it in the manner which you described. lol ASE are beautiful coins. Edited by RangerXLT8
10/30/2006 11:58 pm
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I thought ICG had only 2 grades MS-70 & PR-70 ?
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Now that is cool !!! I never considered using my Dremel for cracking ...
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Originally posted by amac44
I thought ICG had only 2 grades MS-70 & PR-70 ?
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Originally posted by AuldFartte
Now that is cool !!! I never considered using my Dremel for cracking ...
It allows you to be very precise. @ amac44: quote:
I thought ICG had only 2 grades MS-70 & PR-70 ?
What are you trying to say? lol |
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I too have opened a lot of slabbed coins. In fact I opened everyone I ever had. A Dremel is just to high a speed unless you have the variable speed one. Even then the blades are not sourse enough. I just put the slab in a vice and cut the ends off with a saber saw. I use a rather course blade because many years of attempts have shown that the finer the blade or the faster the blade is moving, the faster the plastic just melts back together after the blade has passed. In a vice I just cut two sides and turn it and cut the other two. Takes seconds, no splinters, no mess.
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