Alegandron had a SLAM-DANCE!

WOW! Gorgeous! After my RR Quinarii foray and captures... It is on to Early Empire quinarii for me! Sold! Beautiful, Warren!

 

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Good job on the "jailbreak" and you got a nice coin out of it too!

 

UPDATE: If you have a Vise, and you want to free a coin from a slab; I found putting the slab length-wise (both on end and on side), then slowly turn the handle. You will hear the slab crack and it will bow a little. Then change sides, and slowly turn again. It will crack and bow. Afterwards, the slab will easily come apart!






NIRVANNA! Freed Ancient!


This is the EASIEST method that I have found!

 

I'll try that the next time I get a slabbbed coin, but I found wedgeing a knife and twisting worked just fine.

 

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I like that method. I just took a hammer to one of the long edges and gently tapped until it popped opened. It took perhaps 1 minute.

 

If only some of the us collectors would see those pics...

 

i will have to try this next time i crack one out. i have cracked out many modern coins to put in my albums.

 

I have tried everyone's suggestions! I settled on the hammer method. Then, I went to the Vise method...WOW, even EASIER!

 

Thought I would share since we are discussing slabs. I've never bought slabbed coin before but I'm looking forward to this one. "Liberating" it with a hammer sounds quite fun

Roman Republic AR serrate denarius (19 mm, 3.50 g). C. Hosidius C. F. Geta, moneyer. 68 B.C. Rome mint. Bust of Diana right, draped, with bow and quiver over shoulder; behind, GETA downwards; before, III·VIR downwards. Border of dots / Boar right, wounded by spear and attacked by hound; in exergue, C·HOSIDI·C·F. Border of dots. Crawford 407/1, Sydenham 904, BMCRR Rome 3386, RSC Hosidia 2.

 

I have looked at this series and never pulled the trigger. This is a gorgeous example.

 

I am missing this coin from my collection as well. So often, these coins are not well centered, and it is difficult to distinguish between hound and boar. But the details on your coin are sharp, it is well centered, and it's an all-around nice coin! (the dimple on her cheek adds character)