How to crack an NGC holder

lkeigwin · February 20, 2020 9:24PM

There are many methods. This one is safe and easy. FF to around 3:20 to get the gist.
Lance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0F9otZo7m0

BAJJERFAN · February 20, 2020 9:58PM

Wear gloves and don't put the coin in your sweaty hand. You can buy boxes of those disposable food gloves cheap on eBay. They have all kinds of uses like peeling and cutting up onions, etc. Put the slab into an old sock and squeeze it edgewise in the vise until you hear it snap. Have a flip handy to put the raw coin into.

opportunity · February 20, 2020 10:01PM

Is that an 1808/7?

Jimnight · February 21, 2020 1:58AM

Nice video.

amwldcoin · February 21, 2020 3:39AM

To me, other than the ANACS Old Small Holders NGC slabs are the easiest to crack. Just a few light taps along the edge with a hammer and they usually separate cleanly and will even snap back together!

fivecents · February 21, 2020 4:24AM

Just use what the pros use. Snip, snip homey.

So easy getting plastic shard ih your eye using a frickin hammer. Really??

ricko · February 21, 2020 5:30AM

Using a chisel would also work...and a bigger hammer.... Just a little humor there.... That is a good method, and the slabs can often be re-used for temporary storage of other coins....Cheers, RickO

coinsarefun · February 21, 2020 5:41AM

That’s exactly what I do.

BAJJERFAN · February 21, 2020 6:20AM

@fivecents said:
Just use what the pros use. Snip, snip homey.

So easy getting plastic shard ih your eye using a frickin hammer. Really??

Those work best on PCGS slabs.

fivecents · February 21, 2020 6:29AM

@coinsarefun said:
That’s exactly what I do.

Hammer time or snips?

fivecents · February 21, 2020 6:30AM

@BAJJERFAN said:

@fivecents said:
Just use what the pros use. Snip, snip homey.

So easy getting plastic shard ih your eye using a frickin hammer. Really??

Those work best on PCGS slabs.

And NGC. Everthing but frikin SEGS. They are bullet proof.

BAJJERFAN · February 21, 2020 6:32AM

@fivecents said:

@coinsarefun said:
That’s exactly what I do.

Hammer time or snips?

Snips

FranklinHalfAddict · February 21, 2020 6:39AM

I use a hammer and a thermostat screwdriver. A few taps on each side and the slab splits right in half

ricko · February 21, 2020 9:47AM

Back when slabs were just becoming popular, I tried a cherry bomb....

Just sent the slab into the next yard.... Cheers, RickO

clarkbar04 · February 21, 2020 12:37PM

Knipex cable cutters are what I use.

yspsales · February 21, 2020 4:15PM

Would a bandsaw work?

BAJJERFAN · February 21, 2020 4:25PM

@yspsales said:
Would a bandsaw work?

Supposedly what PCGS uses.

SeattleSlammer · February 21, 2020 4:42PM

That looked like a nice au50.

GRANDAM · February 21, 2020 7:43PM

Just take a hammer to all 4 sides and you can pull the slab apart easily.

Edited to add,,,, I should have watched the video before replying,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Saw the vice and thought it was a squeeze and crack,,,,,,,

JBN · February 22, 2020 7:31AM

@SeattleSlammer said:
That looked like a nice au50.

And the discarded NGC sticker winds up landing on the face of the newly raw half dollar.

bigmarty58 · February 22, 2020 12:56PM

snips with eye protection

lablover · February 22, 2020 2:14PM

Lance, Thanks buddy for the tip...worked like a charm. Took 1 minute to open two slabs. Quick, easy!!!

smalltime · February 22, 2020 3:27PM

Use a BFH and the anvil part of the vice. Never beat on the jaws of a vice, it could crack the threaded part of the base making you vice an expensive boat anchor.

DIMEMAN · February 22, 2020 4:14PM

I use a bolt cutter...…..works fine.

Desert Moon · February 22, 2020 4:23PM

I have always used vice grips but I like the video method better.......

bolivarshagnasty · February 22, 2020 4:37PM

To add to the video, I always use a couple of paper towels folded around the slab. You can then use the paper towels to discard the plastic and any shards. I would imagine the cloth would retain the plastic shards and be hard to get out.

Pickwickjr · February 23, 2020 2:11PM

At The Fun Show I saw an interesting why to crack out coins. A dealer that was set up very close to a grading company was throwing the slabs flat on the concrete. Slab after slab after slab, it was ridiculous.

Walkerfan · February 23, 2020 2:21PM

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LeeBone · February 23, 2020 4:56PM

As I have stated in the past...best way to free said coin from its plastic tomb is a combination of Vodka and a Hammer. Gave me the courage I so didn't have before.

cardinal · February 23, 2020 5:46PM

I just use a hammer on the edges of the NGC slabs. It doesn’t take too much pressure, so I hold the slab on its bottom edge, and raise the hammer 3 inches above. It takes me 3 hits on the long sides and 2 hits on the top., and it opens up like a clamshell. It only takes a half minute per slab, and then I’m done.

Insider2 · February 23, 2020 9:08PM

LOL, you can spend your time playing around or watch an NGC or PCGS slab cracked open in several seconds by the guys working in an NGC, or ICG (I've never see ANA or PCGS slab operation) slab room.

When I worked at PCI (in TN) we did it the Hillbilly way. I took them down to the basement, set one on edge on the concrete floor and wacked it once or twice with a hammer. There was about a half-inch of plastic case parts all over the basement floor after I left. The coin stayed inside that old-style ring. In 1990, I didn't know about vices or tin snips.

astrorat · February 24, 2020 4:09AM

@BAJJERFAN said:

Would a bandsaw work?

Supposedly what PCGS uses.

Dremel Moto-Saw works well and is about $100.

Insider2 · February 25, 2020 8:55AM

@astrorat said:

@BAJJERFAN said:

Would a bandsaw work?

Supposedly what PCGS uses.

Dremel Moto-Saw works well and is about $100.

I got the hammer I used at PCI in TN at a fleamarket for fifty cents. A savings of about $99.50 + any future costs for electricity.

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