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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 25697218, member: 118540"]Here's my hacksaw method.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1643020[/ATTACH]</p><p>Then, I use a large flat head screwdriver, to pry the 2 halves apart.</p><p>[USER=42720]@Swervo513[/USER] Regarding whether you should free your 3 aurei from their slabs, it is a complicated situation, which depends on your personal preferences. If you want to sell the 3 aurei soon, then it seems to me, that you would get more money for them, and it would be less time consuming, and you could sell them more quickly, if you left the coins in the slabs. For some auction houses, such as Heritage and Great Collections, most of the coins they auction, are slabbed coins. And, a slabbed coin seems to be easier to sell on Ebay, than an un-slabbed coin. Also, if you want to sell your coins at a local coin show, then it seems like it would be easier to sell your coins, if they were in slabs. Even though the Titus aureus is edge filed, and the Tiberius aureus is ex-jewelry, and the Nero Aureus is brushed. But, if you want to keep the aurei for a long time, and if you prefer your coins to be un-slabbed, then it would make sense to remove the coins from the slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 25697218, member: 118540"]Here's my hacksaw method. [ATTACH=full]1643020[/ATTACH] Then, I use a large flat head screwdriver, to pry the 2 halves apart. [USER=42720]@Swervo513[/USER] Regarding whether you should free your 3 aurei from their slabs, it is a complicated situation, which depends on your personal preferences. If you want to sell the 3 aurei soon, then it seems to me, that you would get more money for them, and it would be less time consuming, and you could sell them more quickly, if you left the coins in the slabs. For some auction houses, such as Heritage and Great Collections, most of the coins they auction, are slabbed coins. And, a slabbed coin seems to be easier to sell on Ebay, than an un-slabbed coin. Also, if you want to sell your coins at a local coin show, then it seems like it would be easier to sell your coins, if they were in slabs. Even though the Titus aureus is edge filed, and the Tiberius aureus is ex-jewelry, and the Nero Aureus is brushed. But, if you want to keep the aurei for a long time, and if you prefer your coins to be un-slabbed, then it would make sense to remove the coins from the slabs.[/QUOTE]
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