Home› U.S. Coin Forum

Slab injuries???

ROBERTBROBERTB Posts: 1,016
in U.S. Coin Forum
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.image
Everything I write is my opinion.

Looking for alot of crap.

Comments

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,673 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One cut. One piece of plastic eye shrapnel.

    Both fortunately minor. image

    Explore collections of lordmarcovan on CollecOnline, management, safe-keeping, sharing and valuation solution for art piece and collectibles.
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    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)
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
  • CoinOnTheCobCoinOnTheCob Posts: 712
    I was hit with the slab after detonation.
    imageimage
  • ShuShuBatShuShuBat Posts: 32
  • CoinOnTheCobCoinOnTheCob Posts: 712
    If I interpret this correctly, I think ShuShubat was trying to crack a slab and broke all of his typing fingers.
    imageimage
  • MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 789 ✭✭✭
    Good time to remind everyone to wear safety glasses!
    Mark
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,668 ✭✭✭✭✭


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



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

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • whoopigwhoopig Posts: 151


    << <i> >>

  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,054 ✭✭✭
    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

    image
  • NGENhunterNGENhunter Posts: 16
    SEGS are thick and tough. Cut myself with tin snips trying to get into one. PVC pipe cutters work well. No major injury.
    Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.
    - Groucho Marx

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Format
SpoilerCodeQuote
Heading 2Heading 1
Emoji
:):D:(;):/:o:s:p:'(:|B):#:*<3o:)>:)
Url
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file
Home • U.S. Coin ForumComment As ...