Anyone else use these and get a coin stuck? They're great if you never want to take a coin out, but I've been having some real trouble lately ESPECIALLY with the quarter Air-Tites... I have two quarters I need to get out... I've been tapping with my fingers for the past hour (lol) and I even tried shrinking the coin a bit using cold compressed air... no go. Anyone have any suggestions? Think I'm going to stick to 2x2 cardboard for the regular coins and 2x2 saflips for the sweet ones...
Try the "ring type" air tites....of course neither type is actually air tight. I do like them for viewing though.
flex the air tite a little. kinda grip it all around the edge and push down in the middle with your thumb. this MIGHT help the quarters come out. and do this over a nice fluffy towel.
a small pocket knife blade where the 2 sides meet, pry gently...works every time, an exacto works even better, but do it over a cloth pad in case you drop the coin
Thanks guys. Alldrr, I like them too... that's why I bought them. It's the only thing I've found that lets you handle your coins without actually handling them. Jack, the problem is not opening the Air-Tite (I have a watch clam shell tool for that) but the coin itself is stuck in the holder! SmokeMonkey, I tried that, but these suckers are stuck good. I don't know what it is about the quarters, but some fit fine, some get stuck (!!!), and some don't even want to go in. According to my supplier, the manufacturer makes them to Mint specifications. Clearly the diameter of the quarter changes slightly from year to year for some unknown reason. Jon, Going to go try the hot water idea now...
air-tites i think the problem is caused by the air-tites not always being 'true' size wise. if you run a rat tail file on the inside rim once or twice around the sides then blow out the shavings this will give you a looser fit. you might experiment a bit with a coin that isn't crucial to your collection. steve
Well, I got the two quarters out using hot water and some additional tapping. It was impossible to keep the quarters from getting wet, so I rinsed them off in distilled water before drying them with compressed air. One strange thing though, half of the nice "toning" I had on a 1964 quarter seems to have washed off... guess it was dirt? No damage done to the coin whatsoever... only thing that touched it was running tap water (hot), a quick wash in poured distilled cold water (was in the fridge), and a good blow dry with canned compressed air.
Ooops, sorry for not answering your question. Affix it ( airtite/ top & bottom loosly together) to the top of your washer lid...ON THE OUTSIDE...(LOL) during spin cycle. Should do just enough rapid vibration to Loosen that baby up with no damage. In the future, use the 'ring types'. They don't seem to have this problem> Cheers
Hi, you might want to consider sending the air-tites back to the company. They might not realize that people actually have trouble removing coins from their holders. It may lead to better quality control(or a minimal change in specs). Or even a design change.
Roto, why put me down. It worked for me the time I needed it to before I went to the ring type air tites. No water, no x-actos, no tapping, no compressed air, etc...
I wasn't putting you down, friend. I was referring that there was an innuendo in your statement that could be expanded upon and I was leaving it for another person to do so.
LOL, thanks.......it does come across as just a lil bit "there" but it wasn't ment that way. Guess the mod's better edit it. Let Phoenix21 read it first though..... Seriously, I didn't catch the double meaning & a washer does really work for a stuck airtite. Cheers All
I've actually had a conversation with the person I bought them from, actually it was an eBay based "company" that sells coin supplies. She already brought it to the attention of HER supplier. Either way, like others have pointed out, I'm thinking the ring type Air-Tites are the way to go. I tend to put my lesser coins in cardboard 2x2s and my better ones in Air-Tites... with a ring there's less chance of damaging a good coin!
