NGC and scuffed up plastic! Grrr.... 1864 2 Cent

Meltdown

I've heard about NGC plastic being stubborn when trying to remove scuffs but this is my first try at it.
I have this gorgeous 2 cent piece with some pretty good scuffage.
I barely noticed when I bought the coin last year at a show but once I got home and tried to take a couple photos, they jumped off the slab.
I took some Novus #2 Fine Scratch remover to it tonight and thought I made some progress... nope.
Feel free to guess the grade if you can see through all the chatter.
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1madman

Details scratched? Lol

Torey

I've had good luck using a well-padded buffing wheel on a drill and a little Slab Renew.

Goldbully

@Torey said:
I've had good luck using a well-padded buffing wheel on a drill and a little Slab Renew.

Do they still make Slab Renew?

Torey

@Goldbully said:

@Torey said:
I've had good luck using a well-padded buffing wheel on a drill and a little Slab Renew.

Do they still make Slab Renew?

Just did a quick search and couldn't find it. Bummer, I'm on my last bottle too.

Goldbully

@Torey said:

@Goldbully said:

@Torey said:
I've had good luck using a well-padded buffing wheel on a drill and a little Slab Renew.

Do they still make Slab Renew?

Just did a quick search and couldn't find it. Bummer, I'm on my last bottle too.

Dang, that sucks.

That was the best slab scratch remover I ever used.

Raybo

64

I do have some very fine sandpaper (3000, 5000 & 7000 grit) if you would like to give it a try.
PM me and I will happily send you some.

Walkerguy21D

In spite of the slab condition, it looks like a lovely coin.
I’d guess 64.

Clackamas1

I wonder if those kits they sell to fix old headlights from all the micro scratches would work fixing the slab.

The_Dinosaur_Man

65 Brown with slightly muted yet pleasing luster.

Copperindian

64BN Large Motto

safari_dude

Look up ‘plastic scratch remover’ on eBay and a few products come up that look like they might work. One is a German product called ACRYL that has apparently won several awards. $25 or so a tube but nothing ventured nothing gained…. Maybe try it on a really inexpensive scratched slab and see if it’d work. Good luck!

ChrisH821

https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/plastic-polish/
The Novus stuff is pretty good.

2windy2fish

Try Meguiars PlastX
Works well, however NGC slabs are the hardest to remove scratches from

jfriedm56

Still, a pleasing looking coin. 64 B.

BillJones

I guess this is an example of why NGC made a big announcement one year at their Winter FUN luncheon that they were toughening up their plastic. Scratches are bad, but so is coins which rotate in the holder. That drives me crazy.

OAKSTAR

You sure it's not cat hair? A lot of cats around these parts. 😎 😉

jmlanzaf

@BillJones said:
I guess this is an example of why NGC made a big announcement one year at their Winter FUN luncheon that they were toughening up their plastic. Scratches are bad, but so is coins which rotate in the holder. That drives my crazy.

The problem is that their plastic is "tough". PCGS scratches easily but also polishes easily. It is harder to scuff an NGC slab but also correspondingly harder to polish it.

Meltdown

Thanks for the comments. Looks like everyone can tell what a 64 Brown looks like. This one is CAC as well and really pretty under the lights. I will try the #3 Novus stuff next and see if I can keep working on those scuffs.

Morgan13

I bet Phil would lite this coin up if it were photographed by him. You can see all the color on the surface.
Very nice coin.

OAKSTAR

I've posted these before. I also had great results with NGC slabs. You just need some elbow grease. NO heavy equipment!

Before:

After:

ifthevamzarockin

NGC slab repair

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1024115/how-to-fix-a-scratched-slab#pagetop

privatecoin

Should we be grading the holders like we grade the coins?

Cougar1978

The NGC 2c - It’s a really nice coin - shame somebody did not take care of slab, store properly.