...does it bother you when you buy a slabbed coin and there is a big sticker OVER the slab covering the hologram? can this be removed without damaging the hologram? why do sellers/dealers insist on this practice? would you ask a seller/dealer to please remove it before you make the purchase? just a couple questions that bug me. your thoughts? :whistle:
Yes, they can be safely removed (most of the time). TeleTrade also places low tack stickers over the back side of the coin which often covers the hologram and are very easy to remove.
I had the problem as well & it was easy to remove. But it did leave a sticky residue and carefully using Goo-Gone removed that sticky and its good as new.
...thanks for the responses. one more question, why aren't the holograms installed INSIDE the slab? wouldn't this make some sense? OK it was two questions. :kewl:
A lot of dealers I do business with place price stickers on their slabbed coins, and a few of them put a small piece of velcro on the back to display them on a rack. I hate that. The price stickers aren't so bad, but the velcro ones are a pain n the rearend to remove all of the glue.
There are several reasons. Dealers need to track the price paid for a coin. The easiest way to do this is put a sticker directly on the coin; in the flurry of a coin show, it's very nice to be able to instantly see that without referring to a catalog somewhere. Same with ask price. Also, in case the coin is misplaced, placing contact info directly on the coin gives one a fighting chance it will be returned; there are many honest folks in the world who would return the coin if they found it. Without contact info, there's little chance. Heck yeah.
Ronson liquid lighter fluid ( use small amounts away from the edges where it might migrate inside) does a nice job of removing labels. I have used it on $1000 stamps to detect watermarks with no harm. What ever you decide to use I recommend putting a label on a piece of plastic, rub hard, and then use the product to see how it works. IMO. Jim
I use "easy peel" (more expensive) stickers for the label I place on the reverse of a slabbed coin that contains my name, email, and phone number. It can be removed effortlessly and leaves no residue on the coin. I also place a small cost code sticker just below this label that I remove upon sale of the coin and place it on an inventory tally sheet so I can later remove it form my master inventory.
I posted on this before. Personally I wonder if the seller is trying to hide something, or it makes me wonder of the slab is legitimate. It seems kinda like sticking stuff on your dogs AKC papers or writing over important info. It just makes something look suspect to me. After all, the whole point of the slab hologram is to prevent forgeries. So how smart is it to cover or damage that? Lack
...does it bother you when you buy a slabbed coin and there is a big sticker OVER the slab covering the hologram? Yes. And it bothers me even more when that sticker has an absurd, way too high price. why do sellers/dealers insist on this practice? In the case of the way too high price, it's to make you think you are getting a real deal when you ask for the best price and he quotes a lower realistic price, no?.... my thoughts
