Does anyone know how to reseal a slabbed coin.

Like Hobo said above...

You crack it, you own it.

Sorry you had to learn the hard way.

 

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ARRRrrrgh!. I hope I learned my lesson and I deserved all your constructive critism. Good things follow bad soooo-- I don't know. All of you are right except for the FRAUD thing. I don't think I could ever cheat someone, specially with a resealed slab and a little money involved.

Greenie and the rest of youse members; NO HSN, NO CNBC, NO JUNK COIN SHOWS. Hello US Mint, Apmex, Gainseville Coins, Blachard, etc.

 

Zeke, it wouldn't be worth the expense of the adhesive and a good UV light, but many gem cutters use this for the "unfortunate" previously unseen flaw in a stone and by jewelers who heat crack a gem doing welding repair work. It is almost invisible to normal light but it can be seen with UV or infrared so any repair could be determined.

https://www.norlandprod.com/adhesives/NOA%2061.html

Jim

 

We can't do this forever, but if you act and call right now, you will get two, thats right I said two tubes of "Icky Goo" to once again seal those slabbs forever! BUt you must call within the next 15 minutes.

 

LOL...


Zeke, old friend, you've learned a lesson here. And you might want to add Heritage to that list of yours too..:smile

 

That's terrible, but at least I learned something about HSN. On a separate note, in the Sacramento craigslist there's a guy who occasionally posts in the collectibles and he sells those slab packs with already graded verbiage on them. just a heads up amigos

 

I called them and they said that they were sold out. and too call back in five minuets when a new batch would be ready. LOL

Greenie, I have learned a lesson about buying from TV coin shows. But at least I have the LP1, P & D mint rolls that are MS65 or better. I'll have to look into Heritage and see if it fits my budget. I hear their reputation is good. Thanks.

 

live and learn zeke.

 

That's fraud.

The whole point of the sealed capsule is the coin and a professional opinion are inseparable. If anyone could crack open a slab and insert an inferior coin, then the whole system is worthless for obvious reasons.

If it was a genuine ANACS slab, then ANACS put it in the slab; HSN sold it.

Then maybe it wasn't a genuine ANACS slab. The number is on the back.

I suppose they stand behind their work (I've never had to call 'em on it). But no one expects them to stand behind a cracked-open slab.

We ALL make mistakes. We call it "tuition". If you genuinely learned all there is to learn from this, then maybe you came out OK.

 

You really shouldn't but if that slab is really not cracked, chipped, etc. there is a way you could reseal it and not be noticed. And it's really simple. Just go to a store and purchase a 5 minute epoxy tube for a few dollars. Not Duco brand though. Duco expoxy will start to yellow a bit when used on almost any plastic. Locktite and/or SuperGlue brands dry almost completely clear. Make a little, using the head of a small screw driver or stick with a small end, put some on the edges that connect to each other. Just a real, tiny bit and push together.
IF you mess it up, so what, it messed up now so not much to loose. If it were me I'd put a coin in it that had absolutely nothing to do with the lable just for fun.

 

Thanks but no thanks. I am just throwing out the slab that I opened and live with just my MS67-D one. There will come a time when I'll find an LP1 MS67-P at a decent price. Appriciate your advice. THERE! I smashed the two halves of the slab I opened. PICTURE IS COMING!

 

If you really haven't done it yet, stop! Put a different coin in , glue it with what ever and then when dry, practice cracking the coin out of the slab! Practice helps.

Jim

 

or buy Billy May's "fix it" the scratch repair.

 

The orange color is light from the scanner reflecting off the flat surface of slab. It is actually clear.

 

Is the bluish ring in the center just light reflecting or is it a silicon or plastic ring?

Jim

 

Yes it is a soft fairly pliable rubbery ring. It could be silicon but I don't think so. More like thick poly something, can't think of the word or material, brain block.

 

Here is the one left. It's fair

 

If it was me I'd have taken the coin out, replaced it with a really dirty, scratched, dented Roosevelt Dime. Resealed it and have a lot of fun with some collectors I know.

 

HA, HA, HA! That's a good one. Wished I'd thought of that.

 

Man, hard lesson learned! I've cracked open quite a few, but with the intent of tossing the slab.

The HSN deal was actually pretty good. It's the first and probably only time I'd buy coins from them. The ANACS certificate for two free grades of any coin included made it worth while. I joined the auto-ship for a year, it made it brainless for me to guarantee to get slabbed P/D coins and rolls of each design.