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Post Some Of Your Most Significant "Break Outs"................
USSID17
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Mine would also be for the album.
@Batman23- That is significant! That's what I'm talkin' bout!! Love those organized barcodes! Sweet!
Cracked and graded.
Latin American Collection
Cracked from an MS69 Mint Error holder, now in my 7070 album with the rest of my clipped type set:
I've also cracked a few clipped Lincolns out of old ANACS white holders for that album, but not for a decade or more.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Id’ve had to take some deep breaths to steady my nerves holding that one raw.
My most expensive crackout for an album (so far). Whenever I find the right low grade seated dollar it’ll be the next one…
Cracked and graded?.. or graded then cracked?
For your 7070?
Sorta. It’s a Littleton 19th century type album. I’ve got almost all the slots filled except for draped bust types, seated dollars, and a couple of random ones.
Bought graded, cracked, upgraded.
Latin American Collection
I knew that!
What is the best method for cracking out a coin without damaging it?
I bought one of these slabbed for my 7070.
I like the coin background where you display your barcodes. How did you do that?
Probably this one for the 7070 Type Set:
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I use a good size pair of side cutters, or tile nipper, and I cut across the edge of the slab on each side of the coin. My intent with the cut is for the crack in the slab to cross the center of the coin to the other side. It is normally a nice clean break and I can pull the two slab halves apart from the rubber gasket holding the coin. There have been many threads with different methods posted over the years. This is my go to, two snips and the coin is out. Might take three snips of the cracks don't cross as planned.
I picked up some scrapbooking supplies. The coin pattern paper is scrapbook paper. The labels are held in place by four plastic corner holders. It has been over 10 years since I made this. I somehow figured out my layout and spacing and set down all the corners. Then I slid in the labels as I picked up a new crackout.
The corners are like these if the size is the same:
Thanks for that Batman23! Great idea!! A very neat, organized and a professional job!
Love to see and hear other ideas, opinions, fabrications and personal preferences that enhance their collections and this hobby.
I just have the pictures of the coins in the slabs with the barcodes scotch taped to the picture. They are in a clear sleeve in the back of the album.
This works best for me. I just go slow and do a little bit on each side, until it cracks. EasyPeasy!
I had my ASE Dansco out today to put an extra page in it and noticed I cracked a few out to fill some holes. Actually the graded coins were pretty much the same cost as the raw ones......the labels fit between the binder page and the clear slider
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Frankie set was pretty much all gem crackouts
Steven59- I like that look! Those barcodes are on the outside of the clear plastic windows?
I'm sitting here looking at your beautiful Frankie's and thinking about my circulated set that could have been.
And the rest of your set, I'm sure is just as nice!!
Indeed - ontop of the clear sliders, under the album page material!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
@USSID17 - "I'm sitting here looking at your beautiful Frankie's and thinking about my circulated set that could have been."
Don't, a circulated set pays so much Homage to what Franklins actually looked like. I can remember my Mom pulling them out of her change purse when I was a little kid. That little purse ALWAYS had exact change in it for my lunch money!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
From here:
To here:
I don't think I would have the guts to crack out most of these coins for the album. Most of these coins looks too nice for any album, especially those Lincolns. Nice coins tho...
They're all nice coins, that's why we put them in the albums.
I recently found the box that had all of the inserts from coins I cracked for my clipped Lincoln Cent and type sets. Most of these were liberated in the early '00s when I decided to use an archival album and a 7070 for the sets.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Really!?!? Nice!!
I have not received it yet but I’ve got an old ANACS seated dollar coming my way in G6 I’m going to break out. It’s hard to find nice seated dollars that haven’t been messed with much. Had to pay a premium for this one.
Post it here, inside then outside the slab after it arrives.
Will do!
I got it in today so I took a few pics. I left the shadows on the "freed" pics to show it was out. I should have photographed the slab cracked but I didn't. Already threw it away.
So where did you say it's going now?... In a type set? Did you save the barcode?
PCGS MS65, into my Dansco...
U.S. Type Set
I never save the barcodes on my crackouts. I always assume they won’t grade the same but if I did re-submit it would be to PCGS. This guy went into my Littleton 19th century type album.
I'll never be selling or re-submitting mine. Not that it makes a lot of difference to me now but I just took pictures of the slabs and the attached barcodes as a baseline for my heirs in the future.
That is a good idea. Since I don’t have any duplicates in the album I use the receipts to give value indication. In my case my wife enjoys the hobby and has learned enough what is valuable and how to dispose of it if needed.
That's a great idea as well. I never kept the receipts. I've been writing what I paid for them on the back of the printed out slab.
Did you say your wife enjoys the hobby?? Man, you got half the battle won right there me friend!!
Yep! And she’s going with me to the next local coin show