Warped slabs?

slenda

I have a couple of the newer holders that seem to be warped.They certainly don`t rest flat on a desktop and actually spin around like a top. I am not referring to the brand new holders but the slab just before where the green PCGS hologram displays 1234 around a cube. Any reason for this ? They also wont lock and stack either. Design flaw maybe ? A shame, it was a nice hologram but I wont buy these anymore, to annoying. Love the brand new holder though.

TopographicOceans

I haven't submitted anything recently so I can't comment on the newest slabs.

But welcome to the forum. I'm sure others will reply to your statements.

slenda

Thanks. These actually will stack only if they are on the very bottom of the stack. I think the slab is defective. Eventually I`ll re-holder it when I feel I can afford to do so.

ricko

Welcome aboard....never had a warped slab....Were they direct from the TPG? If not, may

be the result of poor environmental storage...Cheers, RickO

oih82w8

Possibly exposed in a hot environment? Like someone was trying to "tone" the coins in the slabs?

asheland

messydesk

The center of the lens on these slabs is about 0.2 mm higher in relief than the stacking tabs, so they start off prone to doing this (and accumulating scuffs). Any further distortion of the slab will probably make it worse.

slenda

The center of the lens on these slabs is about 0.2 mm higher in relief than the stacking tabs, so they start off prone to doing this (and accumulating scuffs). Any further distortion of the slab will probably make it worse.



I don't know what PCGS had in mind when they did this. The center of the lens gets all scuffed up .Some are not as bad as others which makes it a defective slab. Stacking slabs is half the fun imo ! Thanks John

erwindoc

Hope they are authentic coins in authentic holders! Pics would help.

slenda

Hope they are authentic coins in authentic holders! Pics would help.



I`m sure they are. They are just common dates. But how do you post or download pictures? I have a camera phone but I don't see any links to do so.



This slab must be kept on the very bottom. I wont buy these anymore site unseen. To bad, cool hologram. I know buy the coin not the holder, but I still want a coin and holder I like.

erwindoc

I use tinypic.com to post photos and copy and paste.

slenda

I use tinypic.com to post photos and copy and paste.







Tried this site several times. Only worked once. Maybe I`ll try again.

slenda

This one is nice and level but has broken stacking tabs. I actually bought this even though the stacking tabs were broke because I liked the coin and I made a long trip to pick it up. Soon I will re-holder it.

oih82w8

Isn't that crazy? The viewing lens is higher than the rest of the slab so that it can get scuffed up, prompting to have it reholderd for additional fees. A money making theory behind that?

messydesk

Originally posted by: oih82w8

Isn't that crazy? The viewing lens is higher than the rest of the slab so that it can get scuffed up, prompting to have it reholderd for additional fees. A money making theory behind that?

They actually fixed that problem with the latest generation. A huge further improvement would be if they were very slightly concave rather than convex.