Well first they put it in the plastic insert. Then they take the plastic insert, procure a top and bottom half of a the slab assembly, place the two halves over the insrt, and sonically weld the whole kit and kaboodle together. Viola!
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<< <i>Well first they put it in the plastic insert. Then they take the plastic insert, procure a top and bottom half of a the slab assembly, place the two halves over the insrt, and sonically weld the whole kit and kaboodle together. Viola! >>
Madmonk- you're excused from further participation in this thread... I thought about the dipping idea- has anybody dipped a high grade piece and not have it look like crap 10 years later?
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<< <i>Maybe it was dipped pre-PCGS and turned in the holder? >>
Unlikely. If the image in the auction is an accurate representation, and the spots are on the coin and not the holder, it is more likely that the coin SHOULD have been dipped before submission. Those are opaque milk spots that can sometimes develop after slabbing if a coin has not been dipped to stabilize the surfaces. Dip residue is translucent.
Those are opaque milk spots that can sometimes develop after slabbing if a coin has not been dipped to stabilize the surfaces. Dip residue is translucent.
Why would the surfaces need to be stabilized prior to slabbing? What would be de-stabilizing the surfaces?? And I would love to have a Dcam 1962, but if I'm going to spend 7k on a cameo franklin, it's going to be a '50 or '51...
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<< <i>Why would the surfaces need to be stabilized prior to slabbing? >>
Proofs from that era were prone to milk spotting due to the rinsing methods used at the mint. Normally, the spotting develops while the coins are in the proof packaging, but not always. Sometimes it can surface after they've been removed and exposed to the air. Dipping to stabilize the surfaces removes any residual not yet visible residue, and reduces the chance of that happening.
Dipping to stabilize the surfaces removes any residual not yet visible residue, and reduces the chance of that happening.
And yet, by dipping the coin to stabilize the surfaces, you run the risk of having the coin "turn" in the holder later and leaving you with a crappy, spotty coin...
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<< <i>And yet, by dipping the coin to stabilize the surfaces, you run the risk of having the coin "turn" in the holder later and leaving you with a crappy, spotty coin... >>
I've had this happen, it's especially prevalant with proof Franklins. After a coin is holdered it may develop milk spots. As Russ says you can dip it to stabalize the surfaces and it does work.
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Could be a crappy photo, too. And I've seen 68's with light spotting, anyway.
<< <i>Maybe it was dipped pre-PCGS and turned in the holder? >>
That was my guess...
<< <i>And I've seen 68's with light spotting, anyway. >>
Agreed.
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<< <i>Well first they put it in the plastic insert. Then they take the plastic insert, procure a top and bottom half of a the slab assembly, place the two halves over the insrt, and sonically weld the whole kit and kaboodle together. Viola!
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<< <i>Maybe it was dipped pre-PCGS and turned in the holder? >>
Unlikely. If the image in the auction is an accurate representation, and the spots are on the coin and not the holder, it is more likely that the coin SHOULD have been dipped before submission. Those are opaque milk spots that can sometimes develop after slabbing if a coin has not been dipped to stabilize the surfaces. Dip residue is translucent.
Russ, NCNE
Why would the surfaces need to be stabilized prior to slabbing? What would be de-stabilizing the surfaces??
<< <i>Why would the surfaces need to be stabilized prior to slabbing? >>
Proofs from that era were prone to milk spotting due to the rinsing methods used at the mint. Normally, the spotting develops while the coins are in the proof packaging, but not always. Sometimes it can surface after they've been removed and exposed to the air. Dipping to stabilize the surfaces removes any residual not yet visible residue, and reduces the chance of that happening.
Russ, NCNE
Edited to correct spelling. But now that I think of it, I agree with Russ on the milk spotting.
And yet, by dipping the coin to stabilize the surfaces, you run the risk of having the coin "turn" in the holder later and leaving you with a crappy, spotty coin...
<< <i>And yet, by dipping the coin to stabilize the surfaces, you run the risk of having the coin "turn" in the holder later and leaving you with a crappy, spotty coin... >>
There is zero risk if it is correctly done.
Russ, NCNE