PCGS reholder question

I have 4 PCGS graded coins that I am considering getting reholdered, not regraded. The holders have some scratches on them that obstruct the view slightly. Looking at PCGS's pricing guide I will have to pay $10 a piece for each reholder plus shipping and insurance. Looks like I'll also have to join as a "Silver" member for another $49. Do you think that my local coin shop who is a PCGS member could send my coins off for a small fee rather then me wasting $49 on a useless membership that I will get no benefit from?

Thanks,
Scott

 

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If the scratches are the only problem, why not try a plastic polish first? Slab renew is specifically designed for slabs, I've heard PlastX, and other plastic polishes work too.

 

Instead of wasting your money, refer to this thread first:
http://www.cointalk.com/t158974/

 

Many shops will do this for you. Saving you the cost of membership and some of the shipping.

 

butchered scratched up PCGS slabs is normal. get some polish until PCGS figures out how to put coins worth thousands in something other than dimestore plastic.

Slab-Renew works well. Make sure your cloth is pristine clean and change it often!!! I have rubbed many a new scratch into them by mot paying attention!

 

Thanks for the help guys. Im going to try to polish it out. The scratches aren't bad, its more of a haze in some spots that looks kind of like dew on a windshield. I agree with you Wheaties about the cheap plastic... one of PCGS's holders is holding a 1916-D Mercury in it

 

just don't use too much polish either. remember slabs are not air/water tight so if you go overboard its possible for some of the polish to get over to the seams of the slab and potentially work its way in towards the coin. use only enough to get the job done and then wipe the slab clean with a slightly damp cloth.

i use Plastix to get the scratches out of my slabs and it does a pretty good job on all but the very deepest scratches. sometimes you have to repeat the polishing process a few times to get the bigger scratches out but it's definitely better than sending them off to get reholdered.

 

Also check the 3-part Novus product.
That's what I use.

 

+1

 

Thanks so much for your help! I used the McGuires Plastx polish and it worked great! I used a q-tip to place a small dot on the capsule and worked it around for a bit with a soft cotton towel. The haze is gone and the scratches are GREATLY diminished. I'm sure if I spent more time polishing I could get them all of the way out. The scratches and haze were so bad on one of my holders that it impeded the view of the coins mint mark. Now I have to tilt the holder at an angle with magnification to get the scratches to show. Y'all have saved me a great deal of money and I am thankful for your help.


-Scott

 

They aren't? I was under the impression that slabs were airtight and waterproof. Is that not the case?

I mean, I'm not stashing coins in the bottom of a fishtank or anything, but I thought slabs protected against moist air.

 

They most certainly are NOT air/water tight. I would think that if the slabs were 100% sealed off, most likely you'd see some condensation on the inside of the plastic when the temp changed rapidly, which would be very bad. So if you live in a humid area, your coins aren't protected just by having them in slabs. You should keep them in a humidity controlled area and keep plenty of fresh dessicants nearby to take the humidity out of the air. But yeah, definitely don't try storing them in the fish tank!