Air-Tite Coin Holders

OneCent

How do you get the coin out, once it is in the Air-Tite???

I can't pry these things open for the life of me and am about to take a ball-pein hammer to it:!!!!


Help me before I damage something!

TommyB

actually, pretty easy. I just grab a sharp kitchen knife and it will slip between the sides and then just lever it apart.

commoncents05

yep, just a knife with a thin blade to slip between the seams.

-Paul

DHeath

And a chain mail glove.

carl

NO, NO. The fastest, best, safest way is to just take a Butane torch, light it, put the flame on the air-titie and only the coin will be left. You could soak it in Sulfuric Acid which usually melts plastics. Put in a pan of boiling water. The plastic will stretch faster than the metal of the coin.
The smartest way is to bet some 10 year old kid he can't get it open. You'll loose every time.

COINB0Y

Then use Acetone on what's left! Works great!

Tbar

thumbnail usually does it.

Barndog

I find them to be a PITA too, so I don't use them.

Hyperion

I have a little pocketknife with me most of the time. tiny blade to open the coolest of holders (IMHO)

pb2y

Some of these are bound with supper glue

Cladiator

I don't understand all the frustration about these things. I love them and use them to house dozens of half dimes. Usually a fingernail is all I need to open them up with ease. I think two or three times I've used the edge of a knife. AirTite's are my preferred method of raw coin storage.