Is this how you crack you coins out??????

CoinKing1969

I thought this was kind of simple but also careless of damaging the coin. CRACK OUT VIDEO How do you crack your coins out?

Coll3ctor

I thought it was a excellent way of doing it

Hyperion

is that a tatoo up that guys arm?
what a freak!

Goldbully

That's Cladiator, folks!!!

Hyperion

<< <i>That's Cladiator, folks!!! >>



THAT IS NOT CLADIATOR!!!!!

NO WAY!
NO!

Hyperion

<< <i>is that a tatoo up that guys arm?
what a freak!

>>




he's got a wrist-watch tan line too!

19Lyds

I think several folks on this forum use this method and it seems reasonable for small coins. If I had a twitch I'd be really hesitant to use it on a dollar coin though.

I tap them with a hammer on a solid surface or use a bench vice horizontally and vertically but the bottom line is that PCGS plactic is fairly brittle and anytime you crack one of them you run a certain risk of damaging the coin within the slab.

Perhaps someone should ask PCGS how they crack them for regrades and successful upgrades?

Cameonut

I use the same process but with end cutters instead of a bolt cutter. They are lighter, cheaper, and more transportable, but they require a little more force on the handles to crack the slab.

This is the one I use: End Cutter

pcgs69

Looks like his desktop wallpaper photo is that half dollar that Lord M sold on eBay that turned out to be a new Overton Variety!

NHSBaseball

I recently tried Cladiator's method for the 1st time, after abandoning the "stand it on its corner and whack it with a 10 lb. weight from the weight room" technique, and it actually works quite well.

LindeDad

<< <i>Perhaps someone should ask PCGS how they crack them for regrades and successful upgrades? >>



That was asked in the past. Short answer was they use a Band saw.

That was back when they actually answered questions on the Q&A Forum.

Dog97

This is the way I do it. I tried to sell this coin to a dealer the other day using this pict, he passed but did offer $50 for the chainsaw.

Cladiator

Oh my God! He's got a tattoo, what a freakazoid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that method is great. For small coins or big coins. I've not once had any issue with it after cracking dozens and dozens and dozens of coins.

ps. PCGS69, yes that's what my desktop wallpaper is. It's a good daily reminder for me to attribute EVERYTHING!.

micmt

Ok that looked painful. Had me cringing the whole time. I know they were low grade coins but all the same when he dropped one I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle him.

saintguru

I would be leery of cracking where the plastic breaks right across the coin.

I use "crab claw" wire cutters and cut beneath the insert...I have to make a few additionall cuts but with gold I'd rather stay completely away from the surfaces of the coin.

Cladiator

<< <i>Ok that looked painful. Had me cringing the whole time. I know they were low grade coins but all the same when he dropped one I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle him. >>

Raise you hand here if you've never dropped a coin. Me thinks those that haven't are few and far between. Probably only people who have handeled very few raw coins.

Swampboy

Clad, can we expect a NGC tutorial anytime soon?


edit to add SG's method

I'll try this on some sample slabs.

NHSBaseball

<< <i>Ok that looked painful. Had me cringing the whole time. I know they were low grade coins but all the same when he dropped one I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle him. >>



I actually thought that it was kinda cool that he didn't edit that part out.

saintguru

More like these:

YaHa

Smoke the slab? Hell the plastic alone will get you high and wala out comes the coin. No need to buy a rock.