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Encapsulation Damage?
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What do y'all say... Did the prong bend over the excess white metal wire rim on this token
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<< <i>I don't know the texture of this metal or under what pressure it will bend, but it seems like an unlikely scenario. >>
White metal is very soft and would be quite fragile being thin.
Bingo - the prong was in the 'perfect' area to do it.
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<< <i>I don't know the texture of this metal or under what pressure it will bend, but it seems like an unlikely scenario. >>
White metal is very soft and would be quite fragile being thin. >>
Steve
Or High Relief $20's, either.
<< <i>I'd say Yes -
Bingo - the prong was in the 'perfect' area to do it. >>
You'd think that someone would have paid attention to what was occurring as to why the coin may have been a bit hesitant to go into the insert?
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<< <i>Did the prong bend over the excess white metal wire rim on this token ] >>
nope. no worry there.
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Shame as it needs to come out of the holder anyway since it was encapsulated with active PVC growth on both the obverse & reverse.
<< <i>The moral of the story is, don't slab medals with fragile wire rims.
Or High Relief $20's, either. >>
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<< <i>I was expecting to see a California gold, as I've heard those have been periodic victims of ED (encapsulation damage, thank you). Nasty what happened to this one. >>
Indeed. I have seen Cal Gold bent by slabbing.
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<< <i>Well on the bright side we now have a new term... PSD = Post Slab Damage
Shame as it needs to come out of the holder anyway since it was encapsulated with active PVC growth on both the obverse & reverse.
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wow, the side with the words (rev?) is pretty obvious.
how sure are you the item wasn't like that pre-slabbing?
i've tinkered with pcgs rubber(?) inserts and i still find it hard to believe that the rings would damage a coin. imo, it isn't that the coins are in there really tight (on average) but that rubber and metal
don't permit much slide. the inserts certainly hold the coins firm but i just can't get there that the pressure is damaging tight? fwiw
either way the item is damaged i guess.
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If nothing else they should go back to the old gaskets for coins & tokens that would be susceptible to this sort of damage.
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