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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 24593388, member: 74282&quot;]Resurrecting this old thread because I recently picked up a coin in an airview holder, and you guys know I cracked it out...</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in the holder. I&#039;ll post something on the coin itself in another thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562003[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So at first glance looking at the holder I could tell that the white insert seemed to be two pieces with a void between them.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20230530_185455-jpg.1562009/?temp_hash=a679be7ee587da8c9b973bca244ceb80" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I initially incorrectly assumed that each half of the white insert had some of this clear material that the coin was suspended in it but this was incorrect. After cracking the slab I found a little sealed capsule within the slab:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562004[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The capsule material seems to be very similar to the mylar saflips are made of, maybe a little thicker. It is very rigid, enough that I needed to cut the capsule open and cut a decent bit of it to get the capsule to the point that I could get this tiny little sestertius out without flexing the capsule and putting stress on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that really surprised me about opening this thing was just how violently the coin jumped around in the inner capsule when I whacked it with a hammer. That&#039;s my preferred method for opening these but I only hit this one once and then decided I&#039;d just go use a vise because I didn&#039;t like what I was seeing. I suspect a drop could leave a coin rotated and way off center so if you buy a coin in a slab like this and want to keep it slabbed, be careful how you handle it. That said the fact that you can clearly see the entire edge does address a lot of my complaints with previous NGC holders. I think this is a great option for coins you actually intend to keep in the slabs and the coin looks fantastic in it, way better than any coin ever looked with prongs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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