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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 34850, member: 824&quot;]It is almost like surgery...</p><p><br /></p><p>I use two large pliers...one to hold and the other (with a wire cutter blade) to break the perimeter of the slab like cutting open a can of peas.&nbsp; Use eye protection as sometimes the plastic will fly around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some use a hack saw to again, cut the perimeter of the slab.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Afterwards, I &quot;fan&quot; off any dust or plastic shavings with a piece of paper (back and forth motion like cooling yourself on a hot day).&nbsp; Don&#039;t stick your head over the coin and breathe.&nbsp; Water droplets from your breath will ruin a Proof coin in a heartbeat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Make sure the coin ends up on a &quot;coin approved&quot; soft material as the last thing you want is to chase your coin around as it rolls on the ground.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I seen it happen at a coin show as a Morgan Dollar hit the floor.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; There was an instant &quot;GASP&quot; and &quot;shocked Oh My God silence&quot; from the people around it listening to a raw coin rolling around, and likely losing a grade or two because the slab-cracker was not careful![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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