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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mac McDonald, post: 7970238, member: 117420&quot;]In my older age I&#039;ve forgotten now/then to add the following instructions to my submissions: DO NOT HOLDER (slab) IF NOT A STRAIGHT GRADE...and so have inadvertently received a few back in &quot;details&quot; slabs for one invisible/ridiculous/subjective reason or another for my grading fee, and so I crack those out using a 2-lb. sledge on an older/clean towel on concrete.&nbsp; I use a concrete porch step to avoid bending over/down very far, or on a cinder block on any rigid supportive surface.&nbsp; Hold the slab up on an edge, either upright or on its side on towel and strike down on a corner/edge...suggest wearing safety glasses and a thicker leather-like glove on the hand holding the slab...usually one or two light-moderate blows on a top corner/edge is enough to crack it...never any damage to coins and can just pry/pull apart the pieces enough to carefully remove the coin (mine have always come out still secured in the rings) and shake towel out over/into trash can.&nbsp; Fast and convenient for those without more sophisticated tools readily available or batteries, cords, et al...also no tiny/fine saw/plastic dust. Save the rings...some will fit other caps/holders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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