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<p>[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 4215927, member: 73224"]This is my public service announcement of bad products for your slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an old blueprint file cabinet that I keep my coins in. I also live near a train track. When the trains come by, my house shakes. From opening the cabinet drawers to the train shaking the place, my coins invariably ended up at the back of the drawers. I decided to line the drawers, where I keep the slabbed coins, with a rubber tool mat. The kind you can buy at any tool store. It worked great. It kept my coins from sliding all over the place in the drawers. One day, I was looking at a coin in a PCGS holder, I noticed some white dots all over the reverse of the slab. At first, I thought, I had bought it that way. Weeks later I discovered more. Do not use this stuff I am about to post to line any cabinets. I have not tried any product to remove these spots. They are etched into the plastic. Interestingly, the NGC slabbed coins do not seem affected. NGC plastic may have only had rim contact to the mat. The PCGS slab's rim are the same height/depth as the center insert. Therefore, coming in contact with the mat.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1079791[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gronnh20, post: 4215927, member: 73224"]This is my public service announcement of bad products for your slabs. I have an old blueprint file cabinet that I keep my coins in. I also live near a train track. When the trains come by, my house shakes. From opening the cabinet drawers to the train shaking the place, my coins invariably ended up at the back of the drawers. I decided to line the drawers, where I keep the slabbed coins, with a rubber tool mat. The kind you can buy at any tool store. It worked great. It kept my coins from sliding all over the place in the drawers. One day, I was looking at a coin in a PCGS holder, I noticed some white dots all over the reverse of the slab. At first, I thought, I had bought it that way. Weeks later I discovered more. Do not use this stuff I am about to post to line any cabinets. I have not tried any product to remove these spots. They are etched into the plastic. Interestingly, the NGC slabbed coins do not seem affected. NGC plastic may have only had rim contact to the mat. The PCGS slab's rim are the same height/depth as the center insert. Therefore, coming in contact with the mat. [ATTACH=full]1079790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1079791[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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