Rigo Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Some of you have seen videos of me freeing coins out of the imprisonment of slabs And as I always mention, I don't recommend people doing it without knowing that there is a risk that comes with it if done. I also advice people NOT to try it on expensive coins unless you know of a method which is 100% accurate that no damage will happen to the coin. Well, I also say that I have messed up coins before but you have not seen that part of "behind the scenece" while cracking a slab. With that said. This topic is for educational purposes only. And I will show you how quick cracking a slab can go wrong, no matter how much experience you have in doing this. I bought 2 40% Kennedys I needed for my Dansco album. This is what those 2 coins look like now, out of the slab that kept them imprisoned Now for the "educational" part of this topic. I was embarrassed to show the video of the horrible risk you will be taking while attempting to crack a coin out of a slab. However, I figured it would also be good to show as there are no videos out there showing what can happen if you attempt to do this. I think it is good to watch and you might learn something out of it and maybe even help out in finding other, more safer and accurate ways to cracking them open without the risk (if possible). So with no further ado, here is a video of what happened to one of the slabs while cracking it open using the new method I found. http://www.youtube.c...d&v=7e5eH6RexUM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I can relate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Interesting. I've never cracked a coin our of its slab and have no plans to do so in the future but that's still some good advice to be aware of. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 "There goes the freaking coin!" That's the sound of MS becoming AU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just carl Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 If you don't know how to do it, best leave them alone. It's not the messed up coin to worrry about. It's the loss of an eye from flying plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Twelve points out of ten for self-restraint. Even with kids present, I don't know that I could've limited myself to "There goes the freaking coin." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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