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What am I seeing inside this PCGS holder?

LeroyLeroy Posts: 186 ✭✭✭

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You have a poor image. Nevertheless, from 10 to 11 OC there is a whitish haze. You have the coin in hand. See if it is resting on the surface or if it appears raised. I don't think the coin would be in a slab if was something "serious."

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 8, 2018 5:13PM

    A coin. Yuk yuk. Phillipino 2 pesos? This is the US forum, but I think it was actually made in The USA. Slab is damaged but why?

  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Plastic molded weird when they were making the slab???

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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a 'void' in the insert gasket, no worries.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can't really see, but doubt it's a toenail?

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  • LeroyLeroy Posts: 186 ✭✭✭

    @WoodenJefferson said:
    Looks like a 'void' in the insert gasket, no worries.

    That's what i'm thinking. I was gonna go with corn chip, maybe toenail but void sounds better

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,604 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a Chinese air bubble to me.

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is one of the bounded multiverses Prof. Stephen Hawking wrote about in his final published paper, "A smooth exit from eternal inflation?"

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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,680 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have seen when slab got hot, rubber melted and air bubbles formed.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @davewesen said:
    I have seen when slab got hot, rubber melted and air bubbles formed.

    Yup. Never leave a slabbed coin in a closed car on a hot sunny day. :o

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  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 9, 2018 2:28AM

    @ACop said:
    I've had this problem before. Sometimes the rubber doesnt fit.

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,929 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ....at least it's not a Cricket

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cameonut said:

    @Insider2 said:
    You have a poor image. Nevertheless, from 10 to 11 OC there is a whitish haze. You have the coin in hand. See if it is resting on the surface or if it appears raised. I don't think the coin would be in a slab if was something "serious."

    Are you missing the great big honking white arrow on the lower right?

    LOL...I'm interested in coins not plastic, light reflections, or BIG HONKING WHITE ARROWS! I'll Let the folks who slabbed the coin comment on any UNIMPORTANT defects in the plastic. I think the OP should be more concerned if there is a substance on the coin and not a reflection from the plastic.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,767 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it's a normal part of the slab. If you look, there are others on different parts of the slab.
    And the coin appears fine in the truview.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree... just a slab anomaly, not an issue.... Insider2 has a point about the coin though.... Cheers, RickO

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It could be a toenail but with no way to taste it, you’ll never know.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cant pull up the image to enlarge for some reason but if that is a toenail then you should get a special designation for sure. Maybe a sticker too.

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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2018 4:55PM

    False alarm for me, I was hoping for a rerun of the "cockroach slab" :s:p
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  • @Leroy said:

    Can you send me a closer image? dtalk@collectors.com

    Occasionally there will be imperfections in the gasket (the inner ring that holds the coin in place), most likely this is what you're seeing but from your image I'm not able to tell.

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    PCGS Set Registry Manager
  • LeroyLeroy Posts: 186 ✭✭✭

    Wow, my ridiculous post actually got a response from PCGS customer service. Thanks for the reply David.

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kiyote said:
    It could be a toenail but with no way to taste it, you’ll never know.

    Either close the bedroom door or post an instructional video :*

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  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭

    that is gasket poo

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