New ANACS Slab Falls Open In My Hands!

boyhowdy

I'm looking at some newps when a new ANACS-slabbed Barber dime falls 6 inches to my table.
The top part of the slab seperates into 2 parts, the plastic cover on the insert and the insert itself!
The pieces snap right back together but this raises serious security concerns, eh? I could pop any
insert I wanted into the slab and no one would be the wiser.

Anyone else have this happen???

BigSteve

VirtualWon

No I haven't but thanks for the heads up I am thinking of having some mid grade coins graded by them, but now I want to look into this problem first.



Did you contact ANACS to see what they say ( or if they will reholder it for free ... including insurance?)

garsmith

You will have to test this to see if this was a random occurrence, possibly miss sealed slab, or if is smoething that can be duplicated with their slabs. If it's common I see the potential for coins and inserts to be switched in the slabs

Bayard1908

Please post a photo of the slab. I suspect that your slab is a first generation clear view.

jmj3esq

I opened one with my fingernail once. They are the first blue slabs they used immediately after stoping using the old small white holders. Those slabs were terrible. Their new ones are much improved and are very solid.

boyhowdy

Here is a picture of the slab and components. I suck at posting pix so no promises...

BigSteve

Bayard1908

<< <i>Here is a picture of the slab and components. I suck at posting pix so no promises...

BigSteve >>



I think that's the "improved" second generation slab.

pheh

speety

Hmmmmm


Beat once again! UGHHhHHHHH

DennisH

I suspect it didn't go through the sonic-sealing machine to get "welded" together. I've seen that happen with PCGS holders too.

PerryHall

Didn't Madmarty have a PCGS slab that they forgot to seal? I wonder if he still has it.

Mercury10c

I think that is the 2nd generation Clearview. The 1st gen was smooth all around the edges. The 2nd gen is
the one that has a sort of groove around it, and you can basically use those to pull the slab apart, or put a
screwdriver there and twist and pop the thing open. I have never cracked one, but there have been many
reports on these boards over the last couple of years about how easily these thinks crack/break/fall apart.
ANACS really needs to do smoething about this.

AnkurJ

Yep,
This is how these slabs open. When I bought coins for my type set that were in ANACS holders, I just drop the holder a few times on a counter top, and the slab pops right open!

Quick and easy. But can you imagine what would happen if someone was looking at coins at a show, and drop the holder, and the coin goes flying!

Not good....

PerryHall

<< <i>But can you imagine what would happen if someone was looking at coins at a show, and drop the holder, and the coin goes flying! >>



SOLD!!!

leothelyon

You're expecting a bit too much from a company that slabs coins for $10, don't you think?


Leo

frnklnlvr

It's possible that someone popped the slab open before. Do you see any evidence of tampering? I'd definitely contact ANACS and tell them how easily it came apart.

TwoSides2aCoin

Buy the plastic, save the coin.

PerryHall

<< <i>I'd definitely contact ANACS and tell them how easily it came apart. >>



I'm sure ANACS is fully aware of this issue. That's why they changed their slab to a stronger design.