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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2293299, member: 71510&quot;]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>So in my quest for Peace Dollars, I came across this 1935-S in a PCGS slab.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t fit my NGC registry collection (which is all NGC), so I sent it into NGC to cross it over.&nbsp; It came back in the original PCGS slab with no explanation.&nbsp; I thought - WHOA, what happened?&nbsp; So I started studying the coin again - and found my miss.&nbsp; Actually PCGS missed it the first time, and I missed it before sending it in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a bit of &quot;gunk&quot; (highly technical term, please understand that it took a lot of education to understand this!) around the 11 o&#039;clock area in the rim, above the ST in States.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, PCGS obviously blew it the first time, and I blew it the second time before I bought the coin - and even my dealer missed it - we were looking at the slab and not the coin, although the placement is hard to see until you really study the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, now I&#039;m going to be cracking it out.&nbsp; I&#039;ve cracked out smaller coins that have a larger buffer on them, but never a dollar size coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice?&nbsp; I&#039;m hesitant to use a vice or the bolt cutters, for fear the plastic will twist and scratch the coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s graded MS64, and I cannot afford any damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe a Dremel blade?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?&nbsp; There&#039;s just not a lot of room around the sides of these, and my heart would sink if I damaged it!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]459923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459926[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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