My coin is stuck in it's plastic airtite holder despite some shaking & pounding. SOS

Paradisefound

The plastic holder "holding" the coin has 4 "pronks" and seems the coin was probably forced into it....
Is there a safe trick to get it out? There are also some uneven toning / rusting on the edge

Paradisefound

Unlike my 1st one....this is quite a trial......

derryb

place coin face down on soft surface. grab once side of capsule and try to bend/flex it while holding the other side down.

Paradisefound

still no can

@derryb said:
place coin face down on soft surface. grab once side of capsule and try to bend/flex it while holding the other side down.

derryb

then you're gonna have to pry coin out with plastic/soft tool.

PerryHall

Why not just leave it in the capsule?

ctf_error_coins

Try a hair dryer to heat the plastic then slam it to pop out.

Paradisefound

I am afraid the "corrosion" may continue; making it even more bonded with it's plastic casing.

@PerryHall said:
Why not just leave it in the capsule?

AUandAG

Since when does silver rust?

Paradisefound

no can do

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
Try a hair dryer to heat the plastic then slam it to pop out.

Paradisefound

I know it does not rust.....it looks brownish though....

@AUandAG said:
Since when does silver rust?

dpoole

Looks like the plastic has an edge. Can you bend the edge back enough to break the plastic?

ctf_error_coins

@Paradisefound said:
no can do

@ErrorsOnCoins said:
Try a hair dryer to heat the plastic then slam it to pop out.

Hot water then, or put it close to the lava

Paradisefound

4 edges spaced evenly.....maybe I can use a very small scissors down to snipe the edges

@dpoole said:
Looks like the plastic has an edge. Can you bend the edge back enough to break the plastic?

Kudbegud

There is a seam along the edge where the two half's join. Can you get a knife blade into that seam and and lever off one of the half's?

Wabbit2313

topstuf

Boil it.
If that doesn't work, freeze it.

SOMETHING is gonna get that plastic off.

Swampboy

Slip it under the refrigerator overnight

1630Boston

Acetone ?

Azurescens

Very hot water as mentioned above. Sometimes they can get "cross-threaded" when the prongs or plastic break or a variety of other reasons.

Azurescens

Also if you cannot accomplish this task, don't add a knife to the equation.

Kkathyl

return to who you bought it from. have them give your there shipping account number but take pictures beforehand.

Paradisefound

but will the water cause future effect to the coin?

@topstuf said:
Boil it.
If that doesn't work, freeze it.
SOMETHING is gonna get that plastic off.
@Swampboy said:
Slip it under the refrigerator overnight
@Azurescens said:
Very hot water as mentioned above. Sometimes they can get "cross-threaded" when the prongs or plastic break or a variety of other reasons.

Paradisefound

I agree 100% with you Kathy; extreme attempts may cause damage to the coin. Return is a better option Thank you all for trying to help me

The Hawaiian slang says:
if Can,
Can
If No Can,
No Can

@Kkathyl said:
return to who you bought it from. have them give your there shipping account number but take pictures beforehand.

derryb

send in for grading in the capsule. PCGS will get it out.

Paradisefound

Really? Are you very serious derryb? I thought they ask for coin to be placed in flap

@derryb said:
send in for grading in the capsule. PCGS will get it out.

clarkbar04

Yeah but Yoda also said "there is no try, only do."

1Mike1

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

Yogi Berra

blitzdude

@Paradisefound said:
I know it does not rust.....it looks brownish though....

@AUandAG said:
Since when does silver rust?

Dip it, get all that yucky tone off.

Insider2

DON'T DO ANYTHING YET!

1. it appears you have split the capsule open so it is in two parts correct?

BackroadJunkie

Freeze it. The metal should contract more than the plastic. Might be enough to get the coin out.

RogerB

@Swampboy said:
Slip it under the refrigerator overnight

Won't it get dusty under there? Anyway, who really knows what's lurking under their refrigerator?

Wabbit2313

@Paradisefound said:

The Hawaiian slang says:
if Can,
Can
If No Can,
No Can

Question 1: How long did it take you Hawaiian's to come up with this?
Question 2: How much booze was involved?

RogerB

The rhyme appears to be contaminated with Hawaiʻi poi.

How many fingers can you use?

Paradisefound

Locals been saying it way before Haoli came to this island I suppose...(FYI: I am not Hawaiian but HAPA)

Here are the better reasons....

@Wabbit2313 said:

@Paradisefound said:

The Hawaiian slang says:
if Can,
Can
If No Can,
No Can

Question 1: How long did it take you Hawaiian's to come up with this?
Question 2: How much booze was involved?

@RogerB said:
The rhyme appears to be contaminated with Hawaiʻi poi.

How many fingers can you use?

Paradisefound

I only need the MIDDLE one

@RogerB said:
The rhyme appears to be contaminated with Hawaiʻi poi.

How many fingers can you use?

Paradisefound

June Contest Prize anyone?

update : stock photo

cardinal

Hello @Paradisefound,

If you would like to have the coin slabbed by PCGS, go ahead and submit it as is. The capsule it is in is the original Mint capsule, and PCGS does not require you to open them. (I have done this numerous times with these medals, as well as U.S. Silver Eagles, as the capsule protects the coin during transit.)

If you don't want the coin to be slabbed by PCGS, you can CAREFULLY use a dull knife to slide into the opening along the side where the two halves meet. Each of the two capsule pieces have plastic surrounding the edge, so keeping the knife edge up against the part of the capsule rim that extends flat outward from the coin, and then angling the knife to put pressure on the opposing piece will slowly separate the pieces. With the outer piece removed, there will be less pressure exerted on the edge of the coin itself, and then the coin should come out easily.

cardinal

Hello @Paradisefound,

Looking at the picture again, it looks like you separated the two parts of the capsule already. In this case, you raise the coin above a very soft, very clean cotton cloth, and then hold the coin on its edge with the fingers of both hands, and press your thumbs in the middle of the back of the capsule. This will flex the capsule and expand the outer rim, while applying pressure to the center to push the coin out.

derryb

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

If you don't want the coin to be slabbed by PCGS, you can CAREFULLY use a dull knife to slide into the opening along the side where the two halves meet. Each of the two capsule pieces have plastic surrounding the edge, so keeping the knife edge up against the part of the capsule rim that extends flat outward from the coin, and then angling the knife to put pressure on the opposing piece will slowly separate the pieces. With the outer piece removed, there will be less pressure exerted on the edge of the coin itself, and then the coin should come out easily.

Look at his pic. Capsule has been opened. Coin is stuck in bottom half of capsule.

cardinal

@derryb said:

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

If you don't want the coin to be slabbed by PCGS, you can CAREFULLY use a dull knife to slide into the opening along the side where the two halves meet. Each of the two capsule pieces have plastic surrounding the edge, so keeping the knife edge up against the part of the capsule rim that extends flat outward from the coin, and then angling the knife to put pressure on the opposing piece will slowly separate the pieces. With the outer piece removed, there will be less pressure exerted on the edge of the coin itself, and then the coin should come out easily.

Look at his pic. Capsule has been opened. Coin is stuck in bottom half of capsule.

Yes, you are correct. I noticed that just after posting my first suggestion; hence, my follow-up comment.

Justacommeman

@derryb said:

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

If you don't want the coin to be slabbed by PCGS, you can CAREFULLY use a dull knife to slide into the opening along the side where the two halves meet. Each of the two capsule pieces have plastic surrounding the edge, so keeping the knife edge up against the part of the capsule rim that extends flat outward from the coin, and then angling the knife to put pressure on the opposing piece will slowly separate the pieces. With the outer piece removed, there will be less pressure exerted on the edge of the coin itself, and then the coin should come out easily.

Look at his pic. Capsule has been opened. Coin is stuck in bottom half of capsule.

He’s a she

m

1Mike1

@Justacommeman said:

@derryb said:

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

If you don't want the coin to be slabbed by PCGS, you can CAREFULLY use a dull knife to slide into the opening along the side where the two halves meet. Each of the two capsule pieces have plastic surrounding the edge, so keeping the knife edge up against the part of the capsule rim that extends flat outward from the coin, and then angling the knife to put pressure on the opposing piece will slowly separate the pieces. With the outer piece removed, there will be less pressure exerted on the edge of the coin itself, and then the coin should come out easily.

Look at his pic. Capsule has been opened. Coin is stuck in bottom half of capsule.

He’s a she

m

I said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

Paradisefound

No Can

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

Looking at the picture again, it looks like you separated the two parts of the capsule already. In this case, you raise the coin above a very soft, very clean cotton cloth, and then hold the coin on its edge with the fingers of both hands, and press your thumbs in the middle of the back of the capsule. This will flex the capsule and expand the outer rim, while applying pressure to the center to push the coin out.

amwldcoin

Come on! Put a little effort in it! If a man can a Woman can....Right? If you have the pieces separated you should be able to do what Cardinal said!

@Paradisefound said:
No Can

@cardinal said:
Hello @Paradisefound,

Looking at the picture again, it looks like you separated the two parts of the capsule already. In this case, you raise the coin above a very soft, very clean cotton cloth, and then hold the coin on its edge with the fingers of both hands, and press your thumbs in the middle of the back of the capsule. This will flex the capsule and expand the outer rim, while applying pressure to the center to push the coin out.

Cameonut

As @Cardinal advised, this is the "normal" way to open the capsule.

Now that the capsule is open, I would simply wrap the "half with the coin" in it in a soft cloth and put it in the freezer overnight. Metal will "shrink" much more than the surrounding plastic (physics in play here - actually coefficients of thermal expansion) and the coin should come out with little effort - or maybe a touch of coaxing.

cardinal

@Cameonut said:
As @Cardinal advised, this is the "normal" way to open the capsule.

Now that the capsule is open, I would simply wrap the "half with the coin" in it in a soft cloth and put it in the freezer overnight. Metal will "shrink" much more than the surrounding plastic (physics in play here - actually coefficients of thermal expansion) and the coin should come out with little effort - or maybe a touch of coaxing.

Yes, this should work! What I might suggest, since the coin is a DCAM proof, if you have an oversize coin flip or a mylar page protector, put the "half with the coin" into the flip or mylar, and then into the soft cloth. My preference is the mylar page protector, as you can fold it around the coin, to protect it from any inadvertent droplets of moisture that might otherwise come in contract with the proof surfaces.

Timbuk3

He>I !!!

Justacommeman

@Cameonut said put it in the freezer

@cardinal said:

@Cameonut said:
As @Cardinal advised, this is the "normal" way to open the capsule.

Now that the capsule is open, I would simply wrap the "half with the coin" in it in a soft cloth and put it in the freezer overnight. Metal will "shrink" much more than the surrounding plastic (physics in play here - actually coefficients of thermal expansion) and the coin should come out with little effort - or maybe a touch of coaxing.

Yes, this should work! What I might suggest, since the coin is a DCAM proof, if you have an oversize coin flip or a mylar page protector, put the "half with the coin" into the flip or mylar, and then into the soft cloth. My preference is the mylar page protector, as you can fold it around the coin, to protect it from any inadvertent droplets of moisture that might otherwise come in contract with the proof surfaces.

If this is successfully done it might qualify for Deep Cameo Frost Proof

m

PerryHall

If all else fails, put it in a sock and slam it on a wooden table.

Aotearoa

This thread is much more interesting than I expected! I'm on the edge of my seat...