I just found this interesting video on how to fix coins that are sideways rotated in the holder. Certainly you weigh the benefits with the risks. Hope this helps someone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR_sQ8q9IBs
Oh man, he beat the heck out of that coin…I don’t think I will be trying that anytime soon. An interesting video none the less, so thank you for posting it. :yes:
Lol he sure did! But I think if anything it would do more damage to the actual slab then the coin inside. The shock of the hits only push the coin against the rubber gasket. I don't know how much damage that could do. Though I don't that on high end coins lol
Wouldn't it be much easier to hold the slab under hot water to losen that thang up? It works for my stupid Tamiya Acrylic paints...
I’m not sure, but I think the hot water might find its way inside the slab…then you got a problem. Wet coins are not happy coins.
In "Recent Threads" column on the right the title said "How to fix coins rotated sideways...". For a moment i thought we`re talking about fixing rotated die coins
Yeah, that's a tough one to fix. You have to cut the coin in half, apply cyanoacrylate adhesive sparingly to both halves, re-aligned the two halves to the proper orientation, insure the reeding is aligned correctly and apply padding to both sides before clamping tightly together.
You gotta be careful with the adhesive though. God forbid if you had to clean the coin after all that work.
This is an important process of fixing mint SCREW UPs, true collectors should definitely fix rotated die errors, and when possible, also doubled dies.
I've used the method shown in the video on several slabbed coins with 100% success, even on very valuable coins. No damage done to coin or holder and saved the reholdering fee and shipping both ways. Definitely don't get your slabs anywhere near water, they aren't air/water tight.
Hmm, I thought they would be airtight. I guess I don't know PCGS slabs very well What are these airtight slabs people talk about?
There is a popular brand of coin capsules called Air-Tite. And I'm not even sure those are really air tight I'm pretty sure that certified coins like PCGS and NGC are intentionally not air tight. If they were completely sealed, you might have condensation forming on the inside of the slabs when moving coins in and out of hot/cold areas or during shipping of they go via air mail... that would be really bad for the coins!
Very Funny! Quite frankly, I have had coins sent to PCGS for grading that were handled much worse than this dude. They actually ended up like that sheet of paper!
