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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3065357, member: 46237"]There is very little risk if you crack it out correctly. I find what works best is a ball-pein hammer. On each long side of the slab on the edge there will be a pair of triangles some distance apart from each other. I set the slab with one edge against concrete and give each triangle a good whack with the pein. Then I flip the slab to the other edge and repeat. At that point, the two halves of the slab can just be opened cleanly like a book. I can do this without any part of the plastic shattering about 95% of the time - it just releases the seal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, this isn't an ancient. I would not crack it out, but it's your coin do do with as you like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3065357, member: 46237"]There is very little risk if you crack it out correctly. I find what works best is a ball-pein hammer. On each long side of the slab on the edge there will be a pair of triangles some distance apart from each other. I set the slab with one edge against concrete and give each triangle a good whack with the pein. Then I flip the slab to the other edge and repeat. At that point, the two halves of the slab can just be opened cleanly like a book. I can do this without any part of the plastic shattering about 95% of the time - it just releases the seal. Having said that, this isn't an ancient. I would not crack it out, but it's your coin do do with as you like.[/QUOTE]
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