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Has this holder been tampered with? (1908 Indian half eagle)

stownsinstownsin Posts: 76 ✭✭✭
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Hello, everyone.

I picked up this 1908 Indian half eagle on auction and noticed the holder edges seemed a bit strange. Most of the coins I have are slabbed in newer generation holders and I could not definitively conclude what generation this one was. Anyway, what do you all think?

Thanks!



-Sean

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If that's a super glue trail, that would be bad. Peace Roy

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  • stownsinstownsin Posts: 76 ✭✭✭

    That is what I am sort of wondering. The cert # checks out but I don’t know. I always worry about counterfeits....

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks fine and if it were mine I would not re-holder.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2020 2:58PM

    I'd Just leave the thread here ...

  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭

    I have seen this many times. It appears to be part of the factory process of joining two halves of a slab together. Many low dollar coins that I have slabbed have some of this trailing around the edges.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agree with the above.

    I believe they are sonically sealed, which I believe means essentially melting the plastic together, so this sort of effect is not out of line.

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