Slab injuries???

ROBERTB · June 30, 2005 2:40PM

Be honest. How many of you have injured yourselves cracking slabs open. I've cut the piss out of myself a few years back cracking a PCGS slab. Just short of stitches. One hell of a deep, bloody, and long laceration.

lordmarcovan · June 30, 2005 2:43PM

One cut. One piece of plastic eye shrapnel.

Both fortunately minor.

dthigpen · June 30, 2005 2:44PM

I got some plastic eye shrapnel when I was drilling holes through the middle of coins while in PCGS slabs as a joke. (They were junk coins)

CoinOnTheCob · June 30, 2005 2:47PM

I was hit with the slab after detonation.

ShuShuBat · July 1, 2005 1:19AM

CoinOnTheCob · July 1, 2005 1:39AM

If I interpret this correctly, I think ShuShubat was trying to crack a slab and broke all of his typing fingers.

MJPHELAN · July 1, 2005 2:43AM

Good time to remind everyone to wear safety glasses!

PerryHall · July 1, 2005 2:51AM

<< <i>Good time to remind everyone to wear safety glasses! >>

Very good point!!! Its tough to enjoy coins when you loose your eye sight.

whoopig · July 1, 2005 5:15AM

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TorinoCobra71 · July 1, 2005 6:26AM

I use a bench vice for my cracking duties......I tighten very slowly then I start to hear the cracking sound, then *BOOM* the shattering explosion and its all over, Plastic usually flies all over the place.....ANACS are the easist to crack, I heard SEGS is the hardest, I am fixing to find out I just bought an 1886 MS64DMPL Morgan in a SEGS and am gonna crack it out to cross the PCGS, I am guessing it will go 63PL.... put hell i picked it up for $78......

TorinoCobra71

NGENhunter · July 1, 2005 10:55AM

SEGS are thick and tough. Cut myself with tin snips trying to get into one. PVC pipe cutters work well. No major injury.

Slab injuries???

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