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<p>[QUOTE="CrustyCoins, post: 621947, member: 19115"]For NGC Slabs they open pretty easily, I put the slab in a plastic bag, hold it on its side on a cement floor and whack each of the four sides with a hammer, it then easily breaks into two halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS is much more difficult, I do the same procedure but watch out (part of the reason for the bag so pieces don't go flying). Probably easier to use a band saw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CrustyCoins, post: 621947, member: 19115"]For NGC Slabs they open pretty easily, I put the slab in a plastic bag, hold it on its side on a cement floor and whack each of the four sides with a hammer, it then easily breaks into two halves. PCGS is much more difficult, I do the same procedure but watch out (part of the reason for the bag so pieces don't go flying). Probably easier to use a band saw.[/QUOTE]
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