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Have you ever cracked a PCGS slab and..

Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,284 ✭✭✭
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wondered how they could get a coin into the rubberized ring without getting fingerprints on it?
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    kamehameha00kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
    Maybe they use a lint free cloth or cotton gloves to push it in?
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Maybe not!
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,284 ✭✭✭
    David Hall has always stated that PCGS workers do not wear gloves.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I think they use a tool, kinda like the one they use at the tire store to stretch a tire over the rim?????
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,864 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>David Hall has always stated that PCGS workers do not wear gloves. >>



    I think that David Hall has expressed the obvious. There have been enough posts here that expressed complaints about finger prints on coins in PCGS slabs to prove the point.
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