How to PCGS crack out?

Collectorcoins

How is the best way to crack out a pcgs coin. usually dont but going to put a franklin in a set and dont want to damege the coin. Thanks

lordmarcovan

Just close the slab in a vise, leaving nothing but the top (label) portion of the slab sticking out. Then take a hammer and whack the top off the slab. Then you can remove the slab and gently pry apart the two halves.

There are plenty of other methods. Others have more finesse, but the old "whack the top off with a hammer" has always worked well for me.

Collectorcoins

Thanks for the information

python

Wirecutters will work well.

nankraut

Bandsaw--cut off the top & pry the thing open, carefully..

Cameonut

This has been covered several times before, but here goes. Here is the method I have used for years - I learned it from watching a well known dealer crack out Morgans at the rate of about 10 a minute. First, you buy this tool:
End Cutter

Position the end cutter at the 3'oclock position where the rubber insert is nearest the edge of the slab. Then crack the slab open. This usually takes only one crack - it will split clean across the face and the rubber insert can be removed easily. Never damaged a coin. With practice it takes 5 seconds.

Cameonut

Forgot to add.

Make sure you wear safety glasses no matter what method you use. The plastic shards are sharp!

Dukie101

Wirecutters will work well.

Bubblehead

As cameonut indicated, I also use that exact pair of end cutters.
They work better than any other "method" I've tried.
Super nice cutting, and the slabs just pop apart. The newer NGC slabs are the toughest, tho. Their plastic is really resilient, and they take multiple "snips" to open them.

7summits

How about I send you a raw Frankie and you send me your slabbed one in return?