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Cracking a SEGS holder.

aficoinadoaficoinado Posts: 297
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I only want to know the easiest way to open a SEGS holder. Please do not give me any comments regarding SEGS' service, I am not asking for this. Just how to open their holders.

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    lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    Band saw.

    Ray
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Simple! Whack the SOB with a hammer and it'll open up as easy as pie ! ( just like in my old tin knocker days )




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    Or just use your fingers and the power of your mind. Mind over matter. Watch how easy it is:

    Om.........Om..........
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    Om.......Ommmmm Ommmmmmmmmmmm


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    See how easy that was?

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    And then just pop it into one of these babies......



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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,813 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where is that 1813 scratched? On the other side? That coin is honey, and it's shame it can't be graded.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Hey Bill, it is a shame.

    I have a few really big enlargements of both the obverse and reverse. Would it be ok with the original poster to post the images? If not, I understand.

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So did the scratch happen befor the crack out or after?


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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>So did the scratch happen befor the crack out or after? >>



    I never make that mistake image

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    MMMCOINSMMMMMMCOINSMMM Posts: 212
    im pretty impressed,where did you hit it with the hammer at? front side top?
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Sides. Not really "hit".

    Tap a few times and it opened like a clam image

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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    I'm gonna need you to post those closeups... image
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    aficoinadoaficoinado Posts: 297


    << <i>Sides. Not really "hit".

    Tap a few times and it opened like a clam image >>



    I clubbed it like a baby seal and VOILA! Thanks guys!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Sides. Not really "hit".

    Tap a few times and it opened like a clam image >>



    I clubbed it like a baby seal and VOILA! Thanks guys! >>


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    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Sides. Not really "hit".

    Tap a few times and it opened like a clam image >>



    I clubbed it like a baby seal and VOILA! Thanks guys! >>




    Ahh, you much be Canadian eh ? image

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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm gonna need you to post those closeups... image >>



    Up to the aficoinado
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,758 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wear eye protection, please.
    John
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    aficoinadoaficoinado Posts: 297


    << <i>Wear eye protection, please. >>



    It may seem a little chotsky, but I always crack slabs with my hands inside a tshirt. Any flying projectiles should get caught up in the shirt.
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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Sides. Not really "hit".

    Tap a few times and it opened like a clam image >>



    I clubbed it like a baby seal and VOILA! Thanks guys! >>




    Ahh, you much be Canadian eh ? image >>

    You guys are crazy image


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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Wear eye protection, please. >>



    It may seem a little chotsky, but I always crack slabs with my hands inside a tshirt. Any flying projectiles should get caught up in the shirt. >>



    I usually wrap the slab in an old washcloth.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭
    I dont think the op realizes you are seeking his permission to post ot pics.
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    HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    I would like to see the reverse too please. mrearlygold you could start a new topic?

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image


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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would like to see the reverse too please. mrearlygold you could start a new topic? >>



    What should I title it??

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    jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭
    Good grief!
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    aficoinadoaficoinado Posts: 297
    You have my consent.
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    Mar327Mar327 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭
    I usually put 'em in a vice grip then start tapping, open fairly easy. Glad you got it.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wrap it in a cloth. Put in a vise. Slowly squeeze and listen for the cracking.

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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm kinda surprised the hammer-tapping thing worked, the lone time I cracked a SEGS holder I got so frustrated I was ready to run down to the local FD and ask to borrow their Hurst tool. The SEGS slab above all others was nearly impenetrable.


    Sean Reynolds
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,545 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm kinda surprised the hammer-tapping thing worked, the lone time I cracked a SEGS holder I got so frustrated I was ready to run down to the local FD and ask to borrow their Hurst tool. The SEGS slab above all others was nearly impenetrable. >>



    SEGS slabs appear to use a softer and less brittle type of plastic which may explain their toughness and impact resistance.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Do it the same way you would an NGC holder.
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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm kinda surprised the hammer-tapping thing worked, the lone time I cracked a SEGS holder I got so frustrated I was ready to run down to the local FD and ask to borrow their Hurst tool. The SEGS slab above all others was nearly impenetrable.


    Sean Reynolds >>




    Yea but you weren't a tin knocker (sheet metal worker) 37 years ago image Well, for almost a year anyway. Heh.

    I just re-posted the pics of the coin before and after in this thread. See how easy? Hahaha

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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Where is that 1813 scratched? On the other side? That coin is honey, and it's shame it can't be graded. >>





    Hmmmm

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    robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who need a hammer, or mind over matter... Just use a simple table vise and start turning that handle until you hear that snap, crack, & pop. image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,545 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Who need a hammer, or mind over matter... Just use a simple table vise and start turning that handle until you hear that snap, crack, & pop. image >>



    Be sure to wrap it in cloth first to prevent flying plastic shards. Also, wear eye protection.

    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

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    buffalohunterbuffalohunter Posts: 364
    put it in a vise. so you are on the sides . a few turns you will hear a pop. then turn it end to end. just a few turns will do it ..then it will open up easy ...

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