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Coin Movement in Slabs

Is it possible for a coin to move inside a slab?

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YUP!
    theknowitalltroll;
  • Yes, especially in the older rattler holders. These are fairly easy to
    straighten out just by moving the slab in a circular motion (like waxing
    a car).

    Ken
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536
    They move fairly easily in early ACG slabs as well.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep!

    Usually it's the small coins that move. Currently the two that drive me crazy the most are my 1797, 15 star half dime in an NGC AU-53 holder and my 1949 Open Wreath gold dollar in a PCGS MS-64 holder. Around and around they go, and it drives me nuts. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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