Misaligned Slab

Anyone here also get turned off a little by a coin that is not aligned properly within the slab?

Unless the price is ridiculously low I tend to shy away from these. I have even purchased the same coin (in the same grade) at a slightly higher price cause the lower priced one was sideways.

Aside from the misalignment being visually unpleasant, it also makes me wonder if the slab was dropped or knocked hard to move the coin inside.

 

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No. They're just not that bright. That's their only talent in life and they still can't do it right.

 

That would really be poor workmanship if they slabbed it misaligned. Also poor quality control if a secondary person doesn't inspect the finished product for this. Thanks for your reply.

 

A couple degrees off is okay, but when it gets to 15 degrees or more I think it detracts from the value. The TPGS should offer a realignment service for free for coins that were slabbed that way.

 

I'm curious! Which is more common? People who err when placing a coin in a slab or people who can't spell or use the English language correctly?

The people placing the coins in the slabs are not able to use any mechanical means to perform this operation, but the people using the English language are supposed to have a brain that operates 24/7.

Chris

 

It's just like a bad label, Endeavor. Shake a slab, you'll see, you can't move the coin. If you could, heck, you could shake a disoriented one back.

 

Shaking it may not work, but you can reposition the coin by smacking the edge of the slab smartly on a hard surface.

Chris

 

actually, strike the opposite edge from the direction that you want the coin to rotate

 

Chris and Frank, they should give us instructions for that on the back of the slab.

 

nah, that would admit that there was a problem

 

And it would require the ability to write in English clearly.

 

If they did that, then John Baumgart @messydesk wouldn't have any place to put his sticker.

Chris

 

Perhaps someone could start a slab grading service lol. They can put a sticker indicating the overall quality (both coin and slab). Then someone else can start another service that grades the sticker placement quality

 

This was posted awhile back. I would not pass over a coin just because it is rotated.

 

Also, I find that a LOT of $1 gold coins are off center. The head on the obverse sits at an angle that makes a lot of the graders put it in a little crooked.

 

Me either
Seems kind of silly to do that and if the seller wants to discount it over an easy fix all the better.
I'm after the coin not the slab and this method just makes it easier.

 

I think they should make the people doing the slabs wear gloves. I think most of the fingerprints we see are from the "lower level" employees handling coins at the TPGs.

 

I've heard that allegation from customers, Thad. I'm telling you, while it's still somewhat a rumor, it's not one I easily dismiss.

 

Sure I would. Right over the instructions!

 

One of my 17 2014 MS70 PCGS $5 Baseball Curved HOF fell off and was loose in the holder! Thankfully PCGS reholdered it the same grade.