How to trun a coin in a TPG holder.

Please note. Whoever said you can do this using an electric toothbrush never tried. On the other hand, tape the sucker to the bottom of a pad sander and you can make the coin spin in circles.
I will try to post picks of the sander (for those who don't know what one is), the coin duct taped in place and HURRAY! The coin straight up in it's holder.
This is m new 1905-O MICRO "O" Good 4 Barber Dime. SM White Holder James

 

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ere is the final result!! James

 

Just for kicks I took a picture of the Micro "O" and the only other "O" mint coin I have to show the difference in size. I stil have to find out how this anomaly came to be. james

 

So, it is called truning?

 

It is when you type with bandaids on your fingers. James

 

That is brilliant. I love handy, well thought out solutions to a problem. This should be a sticky thread along with @lordmarcovan "how to crack a slab" video.

 

I think the electric toothbrush is used in PCGS rattler slabs the coin moves much more freely, I couldn't imagine trying it with a soapbox slab.

 

Great idea for those stubborn coins and holders.

 

I've seen various methods of truning coins in old, full contact holders like this.

I'm curious to hear if these sorts of methods work on pronged holders?

Even better than the OP - I'd love to see him do it in a video so we can actually see the process working!

 

Great idea. I have good luck taping the corner of the slab on a hard surface but worry I'll crack the plastic.

 

@physics-fan3.14 . I have never posted a video in my life and am still amazed I managed to turn my coin. I will say this: once you secure the coin to the pad sander the real trick is not spinning it too fast. Took me 2 tries to get the coin to stop where i wanted it. James