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Message:: [QUOTE="walterallen, post: 187103, member: 4068"]I'm not a fan of slabbed coins but I have purchased some because the price was right and I wanted/needed the coin for my collection. I had a couple of ASE proofs graded PR69 from NGC that I got "really" cheap" concidering they have been graded and slabbed. But I can't add them to my collect in this slabbed state, so I tried to find someone (local) to trade with, but no one wanted to trade. So I decided, they are mine and I'll do with them as I will. So I broke them out, along with two Franklins 59&60 MS64 from PCGS. Now here's the neat part. I got to thinking what is the best way to do this with out damaging the coin. Here is what I discovered and it worked like a charm. I took them to work where I have a large vise. I clamped the the NGC slab by the edge and apply pressure very slowly until I heard a crack/pop. Then I turned the slab and did the same process. The NGC slabs open/seperated really nice and my proofs where transfered to airtites without a problem. The PCGS slabs where much harder to get them to seperate. I had to work them alot to get an open edge to apply a screw driver to help the slab seperate, but they both opened without braking apart in pieces and contacting the coin, which was my worse fear.[/QUOTE]