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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 221254, member: 1674&quot;]Not first hand, but a dealer friend of mine related a story of when he sold a coin to another dealer in his hotel room prior to a show in the late 80&#039;s.&nbsp; Since slabs were relatively new the dealers were still experimenting with what they could stick to the slabs that would come off easily, but this particular coin had some gummy glue residue on it after the pricing sticker was removed so the new owner took it to the sink to try to scrub the gumminess off with soap and water.&nbsp; As he was working on the slab it slipped and fell into the sink and cracked, but not broken open and when he picked it back up water and soap had gotten inside the holder and were against the coin!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The new owner lost it when he saw this and started swearing and yelling, &quot;does any one have a cracker!&quot; (language cleaned up for a family audience)&nbsp; and when the original owner said &quot;no&quot; he ran out of the hotel room and began banging the slab on a metal pole outside of the hotel room trying to get it to crack the rest of the way open, all the while continuing his colorful language.&nbsp; Until my friend (the original owner of the coin) heard a crack and then the brilliant ring of the coin as it bounced a couple of times on the concrete and rolled down the sidewalk as it&#039;s new owner swore while he chased his coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin had been in a 67 holder and the new owner thought it might up grade, but it downgraded after it&#039;s exciting ride.&nbsp; By the way, did I mention it was a proof Trade dollar...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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