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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2172692, member: 66"]That signature of mine hasn't been updated for some time now. I'm actually up to 155 companies now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the strangest one I have seen was a grading service that simply put the coin in a 2X2 holder, added a label, and ran it through a laminating machine. They even used that as a selling point claiming you could "crack it out" with just a pair of scissors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another good one was a service that used three large sheets of plexiglass like Capital Plastics uses with the coins in holes in the center section. But instead of using screws or rivits to hold the three layers together they used and adhesive. Then they cut the "slabs" out of the plexiglass sheets with a bandsaw and used a belt sander to bevel the edges of the slab. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the company off the top of my head at the moment. Oh they also graded currency. For those they used a standard currency holder, stuck a label inside with the note, and then sealed the top edge of the holder closed, apparently with a soldering iron.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2172692, member: 66"]That signature of mine hasn't been updated for some time now. I'm actually up to 155 companies now. I think the strangest one I have seen was a grading service that simply put the coin in a 2X2 holder, added a label, and ran it through a laminating machine. They even used that as a selling point claiming you could "crack it out" with just a pair of scissors. Another good one was a service that used three large sheets of plexiglass like Capital Plastics uses with the coins in holes in the center section. But instead of using screws or rivits to hold the three layers together they used and adhesive. Then they cut the "slabs" out of the plexiglass sheets with a bandsaw and used a belt sander to bevel the edges of the slab. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the company off the top of my head at the moment. Oh they also graded currency. For those they used a standard currency holder, stuck a label inside with the note, and then sealed the top edge of the holder closed, apparently with a soldering iron.[/QUOTE]
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