Easiest Way TO Crack Out CoinS From Slabs.

BrokenArrow

I have been doing this for years with no problems takes less than 2 mins, thats being careful. Ok get a Recip/Saw, cut near the top of slab, across,not downward, after you do that, find a good 1/2" wood chisel and gently tap down on each side of the slab at the seams and WAMMO, slab opens up like you filet a flounder, grab the coin and discard the slab. Now don't steal my patent on this one guys. Good Luck.

MORGANHUNTER2

A 6" vise works better.

TorinoCobra71

A towel and a bench vice has worked countless times for me.........

TorinoCobra71

MORGANHUNTER2

I forgot the towel-

jdsinva

You need you a pair of sheriff sample slabs' slab crackers, available on ebay for 5.99

MORGANHUNTER2

Nah- my 6" vice has many many uses, and it is strudily mounted in the garage where good slab busting should always take place- that closed door, clandestined approach is kind a like thrillin...

carl

Not sure if this comes up as much as AT/NT, coin cleaning, etc. However, you must know by now that the only way to properly open a slab is to put the slab in the vise and melt the stuff away with a blow torch leaving only the coin. Or place on a railroad track and just wait for a train to open it for you. Then there is the throwing into a brick wall or hitting with a sledge hammer. Placing on a bar-b-que grill next to hambergers but remember which one gets the cheese.
My favorite method is when buying tell the dealer you have Arthritis and have trouble opening those things. They will usually do it or find someone to do it for you and at no cost, no vise, no torch, no special tools to buy, no fragments laying around.

gyocomgd

Cement floor. Slab wrapped tightly in towell (one layer). Bam! Bam! Bam! around the periphery with a hammer. Done. 60-second deal, no muss and fuss, easy cleanup.

paigowjohnny

I second gyocomgd's method.

PCGS is pretty tough, but the others which have seams on the periphery go pretty well.

MORGANHUNTER2

i'm tellin ya the 6" vice works great and under a minute, a little pressure and it pops open easily, even segs holders- tried em all- the pcgs will shatter if too much pressure is applied.

WTCG

<< <i>I have been doing this for years with no problems takes less than 2 mins, thats being careful. Ok get a Recip/Saw, cut near the top of slab, across,not downward, after you do that, find a good 1/2" wood chisel and gently tap down on each side of the slab at the seams and WAMMO, slab opens up like you filet a flounder, grab the coin and discard the slab. Now don't steal my patent on this one guys. Good Luck. >>



2 minutes?! That's about 1 minute 50 seconds too long.

BlindedByEgo

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Blindedbyego has it down. If you snip the slab to each side of the coin, in my experience the slab always separates perfectly.

-Daniel

BECOKA

I put the slab in a plastic bag. For NGC stand it up on its side and whack the sides with a hammer. Some pieces might fly in the bag but overall result is that the seams break and it opens up like a clam shell. For NTC Flat works, just whach the edges and pieces fly and the face just pries off. Have yet to try ANACS and PCGS, these I will try next weekend.

Bochiman

Yeah? Just try SEGS' slabs


(I use the hammer/towel/hard surface as well)

pontiacinf

my dremel has always worked wonders...the hammer smash thingie scares me

carl

Not every one has a hammer, vise, work bench, bolt cutters, etc.
However, tie the slab to a 4th of July rocket, point at a brick or concrete wall and light the wick.
Gasoline is easily drained from a neighbors car and can be used to start a fire and just burn the plastic off the coin. No cost and no tools required.

pharmer

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That's it. I always used the vise until someone here mentioned end cutters.

MrHalfDime

I have to agree with TorinoCobra71's method, wrapping the slab in a towel and SLOWLY applying pressure in a bench vise. I have done this with complete success for 200 or more slabs. The SEGS slabs, as suggested by Bochiman, are tougher, but they, too, will work using this method.

100proof1957

Please wear safety glasses !

LanLord

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While I use a slightly different tool, it accomplishes the exact same thing. I agree with this method. 5 seconds and open!

millennium

I like your way 100proof1957, this way I can get the sidewalk edged too!