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This one NEEDS a new holder!

cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I don't know what happened to this one, but it surely needs a new holder! Looks like Liberty went overboard with her bubble bath...

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭✭

    yikes!

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  • coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ouch! Never seen anything like that.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 21, 2017 1:24PM

    Is that stuff inside the slab, or is the plastic ruined?

    Years ago I bought this 1903 McKinley commemorative gold dollar in damaged holder. Some dealer had put some sort of sticker on it that had damaged the plastic. I could tell that the coin inside had a P-L look to it that resembled the true Proofs I had seen so I bought it and had it reholdered.

    It is only graded MS-64, but it looks better in person than it does in my photo, as usual.


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  • goldengolden Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow!

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is that on the outside or inside?

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  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ms70 said:
    Is that on the outside or inside?

    Good question!

    The bubbles must be on the holder -- either inside or out -- as all of the bubbles over top of the fields show offset doubling from the reflection of the proof surfaces, yet the bubbles over the frosted devices do not.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stuff Happens.

    Confession Time: Years ago, I bought a late date Walker in an MS-64 rattler holder. (No great prize as far as price, or rarity).

    But, it had sticker glue all over it. "I know how to get rid of that! A little rub with Acetone. That'll take care of the glue!"

    Um....It took care of it alright. The glue was gone....and every surface of the holder was cloudy. DOH!!!

    I was able to use some car buffing compound to clean up the "windows" of the slab, so you can see the coin quite well. But the rest of the slab, with a textured surface, is pretty much still trashed. Been meaning to get it re-holdered....maybe re-graded. But right now, it is serving as a reminder to not do stupid things. ;)

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, I am amazed at what some of the sticker glue can do to slabs. Given that you buy a box of stickers with 1050 of them in it costs about $8, why buy the cheap stuff that eats plastic?

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  • KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭✭

    Maybe heat caused that?

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  • KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @KellenCoin said:
    Maybe heat caused that?

    My guess would be a chemical of some sort.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if that was an old toning experiment gone wrong?

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 21, 2017 4:12PM

    "tiny bubbles,
    in the slab...."

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kaz said:
    "tiny bubbles,
    in the slab...."

    Make my collecting
    oh so glad.....

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's the bubble-bath slab. Pretty rare.

    Cheers

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A Pop 1 none like it coin doesn't interest you?

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  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sticker glue is best removed with - peanut butter! The oils soften the glue so it can be wiped off with a soft rag. FWIW.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have never seen that before.... From the picture, it only appears to be over the coin... of course, the picture may be deceiving....are those 'bubbles' elsewhere on the slab? Cheers, RickO

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,502 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is odd - bubbles over the bar code too. That's a new one ......

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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe it's from the Lawrence Welk Collection :smiley:

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears to be on the plastic, won't know until you crack it maybe though :sweat:
    Please keep us updated and thanks for sharing.

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  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it went through the washing machine.

  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,059 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Certainly doesn't look 70 anymore.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like that slab has spent time submerged in deep water, and then, later, more time in a dehydrating chamber.

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i'm not sure it's a 70.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Certainly a unique looking PCGS PR70DCAM!

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  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The piece is question is not mine, but I do believe all of the "bubbles" are strictly on the holder, as you can see the same bubbles overlaying the PCGS label.

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Might be flood damage,

    Had a couple of slabs come up from Lumberton, NC from hurricane matthew aftermath that looked similar to that. they were 70's, but holdered nonetheless. Only could buy them at scrap silver.

  • AmazonXAmazonX Posts: 680 ✭✭✭✭

    I believe this is what happened:

    A coin doctor was coin doctoring.

    Inhaled fumes.

    Decided to take a break and take a look at his sweet 1993 PR70 DCAM eagle.

    Sneezed.

  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My guess is that something was sprayed on it, maybe accidently that reacted with the plastic.

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OldEastside said:
    Maybe it's from the Lawrence Welk Collection :smiley:

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,968 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wunnerful... Wunnerful

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TommyType said:
    Stuff Happens.

    Confession Time: Years ago, I bought a late date Walker in an MS-64 rattler holder. (No great prize as far as price, or rarity).

    But, it had sticker glue all over it. "I know how to get rid of that! A little rub with Acetone. That'll take care of the glue!"

    Um....It took care of it alright. The glue was gone....and every surface of the holder was cloudy. DOH!!!

    I was able to use some car buffing compound to clean up the "windows" of the slab, so you can see the coin quite well. But the rest of the slab, with a textured surface, is pretty much still trashed. Been meaning to get it re-holdered....maybe re-graded. But right now, it is serving as a reminder to not do stupid things. ;)

    I was working with some acetone once and spilled it on my desk and ruined some slabs I was going to scan and image for eBay.
    Note to self: put plastic stuff well out of the way when working with acetone,

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