Hey Everyone! I have a question about slabs.. So when I received an Ike in a Slab, I absolutely wanted to hold it, so I took a pocket knife to one of the corners and pried the slabs into two. It doesn't look like I broke the slab, but it seems that when i try to put the slabs back together, they just don't stick/ click back into place. Does anyone know how to fix this issue, or did I just ruin a slab? Thanks, Greglax45
It's just a generic slab, not a TPG or anything. It's not graded, so it's the run of the mill I believe.
I believe that the TPGs slabs are sonically sealed and are not tamper-proof but tamper-evident. They are melted together by sound. The other slabs just snap together and can probably be opened and reclosed. I've never tried to open and close a regular slab, and as to the TPGs slabs I've opened, I never meant to reseal them so they were destroyed in the process.
Try putting it back together without the coin in the slab and rotate the slabs if it doesn't fit the first try. They should go back toether, unless you damaged the edge somehow? Ribbit
IMHO, I don't believe that it will go back together and stay. I have tried it with a few generic slabs and they wouldn't go back together and stay.. best of luck if you do get them to stay... let me know good luck
See folks. Now there's the beauty of buying those older SGS or WCG slabs. Simply pop them open with your finger nails. Once out you can use that coin for a pocket morgan. When you're ready to sell, clean it up a bit and snap it back in the ms67 holder.
People are smart these days, they usually think of how to make something work but when its damaged/open there is no putting back or fixing they do it so you can get your self a new 1...
Tell us a bit more about the coin and slab...... what year was the IKE?, was it proof or unc? was the slab a BIG slab like the size of a modern proof set? What I am getting at here is that in 71,72,73,&74 the mint released proof IKE dollars in these big plastic government "slabs" for lack of a better word. TThey were probably around the size of the plastic casing that holds our current proof sets and they were packaged in a brown box..... hence the name "brown" ikes. "blue" ikes are unc ones that were packaged in a blue envelope.
Pening on how much you want to spend and the type of plastic. For one thing many plastics will adhear together with simple model making plastic glues sold almost anywhere plastic models of cars, planes, etc are sold and usually cost about $2 or a little more a tube. Also, if you go to a hardware store there is a plastic glue used to seal plastic pipes together that are used for general plastic piping. Sold in small cans for a few dollars. Both of the above are clear when dried. Use a very small amount and there is a chance the fumes from drying may effect the coin. Epoxy glues also work well but some will turn a dark color over time. However, very little fumes are disapated due to the process being a chemical reaction not a drying process like many glues. Duco Household cement also dries clear and should also work for those slabs but that too will disapate fumes during drying that may effect the coin. Same with clear Silicon type adhesives but also dry clear. There is a possible way of using a Soldering iron to melt the edges back together but if your not carefull, you could make it look horrible.
