How do people get coins out of slabs to resubmit them?

then maybe a bigger tool is required, but if I had a deck I would use lord macovan method. I tryed a hacksaw oncw didn't like it.

 

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I thought I said the slab would be destroyed. Am I losing it?

 

No sir. I am sure I am guilty of not reading all the posts prior to responding.... Been that kind of a day for me. I rather wish I would have stayed in my bed today. Sorry, Dave.

 

i have never done this. i always felt the coin speaks for itself.

what i have done, many times, is send the graded coin (still encapsulated) in for review, and/or crossover.

i understand why this is done, of course. i just don't.

 

I've looked at my bed several times today. Thought about jumping in and pulling the covers over my head but I always passed. Maybe right after I eat.

 

There was a specific "crack out tool" that people were using in the late 80's. I believe Coinworld even had a story about them and how you could hear slabs popping all over the place at large shows. Does anyone else remember them?

 

Yep. They buy detail slabs, crack Them open and sell them as raw.

 

Yup, a small pair of pincers with sharp cutting edges is the safest, quickest way to un-slab a coin. Wrap a cloth around the end of the slab that contains the coin and hold it firmly. Then apply the pincers to the label end.

Cal

 

Obviously a trained coin-sniffing dog you've got there! I've often dreamed my dogs could sniff out worthwhile things but they only sniff out doggy things.