My first crack out

I've been putting this off due to lack of confidence and I will admit not that comfortable with tools, even a hammer. But after some coaching from@TIF I swallowed hard and smacked it!

BEFORE

AFTER

The coin in its new home!

 

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Yay! Such tidy job you did, too! Great coin

 

Nice work, I get scared each time I have to crack out a coin from it's tomb too. But I have never had any accidents.

Your coin's new home is much nicer too.

 

I like that bee in the corner. I have one that is much smaller.

 

Nice work! Yeah, it's a piece of cake really - nothing to it.

 

Congratulations!!! Looks, and I'm sure feels, much better.

 

Artemis has a bigger smile now

 

To me, it doesn't matter whether someone chooses to crack out a coin or not, but I wonder why the OP didn't put the NGC insert in the slot with the coin?

Chris

 

And the coin said, "Y E SSSSSSS"

 

Very nice coin! Looks pretty good to me for the assigned grade.

 

Awesome job JBG, great coin and new home.

 

I'm with Chris, I would save the label. Think of it like an old dealer's tag.

 

Oh, great coin too!

 

FRREEEEEEEEDDDDOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

Nice job... feels GREAT when they are IN-HAND!

 

Can't wait for the day I get my first graded ancient, so I too can play prison breakout with it

 

I bet it felt great to have the heft of it in your hand!

 

Clean job indeed... are you a surgeon? My slabs usually break in a thousand pieces LOL

 

Each of my coins has a place in a tray but I also keep a flip in a binder with info and tags that come with the coins. I put the NGC insert in the flip.

 

TIF told me to aim for the seam in the white plastic on the edge. I hit it twice and it "opened like a book"!

 

I would think it would be safer by covering the slab with a hand towel or dishcloth to avoid the possibility of getting hit by "shrapnel".

Chris