Old PCGS green holders...Coins loose?

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• 100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭

  January 3, 2006 6:45AM

  Rattler !
  
  very common

  

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• relayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

  January 3, 2006 6:46AM

  
  They are loose and have earned the nickname "rattlers"

  
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• Blade Posts: 1,744 ✭

  January 3, 2006 6:50AM

  Beg to differ... green holders aren't rattlers. They are the same technology as today's slabs. PCGS was just sloppy at loading the coins in general. The rattlers are the smaller holders with the coins held by the plastic 'clips' and not the neoprene plastic collars.

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• BECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 6:51AM

  Depends on if it is a newer or older green holder. The oldest is the rattler and the coin could be in any position. If it is the newer ones then one slipped past quality control.

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,639 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 7:15AM

  This can happen with any holder . If you tap the corner on a hard surface, they usually rotate back. Not really a big deal.

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• RYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 7:18AM

  

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 8:57AM

  tap tap tap, and it's straight again.

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• Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 11:32AM

  The coin was minted upside down. That's the problem.
  
  Seriously, tap, tap, tap never seems to work for me.
  
  

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• Cameonut Posts: 7,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 3, 2006 9:21PM

  I haven't run into a rotated PCGS coin that I couldn't tap back into position. I hold the slab firmly and tap hard on a pad of Post-it-Notes (only because that is what is available). Don't be afraid to give it a good rap - the coin will rotate inside the holder.

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• mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭

  January 4, 2006 1:26AM

  I find that PCGS needs to be more careful to place the coins into the holders properly. Newly holdered coins are OFTEN rotated.

  I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.

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• XpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭

  January 4, 2006 1:37AM

  
  
  << <i>The coin was minted upside down. That's the problem.
  
  Seriously, tap, tap, tap never seems to work for me. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  You've really got to tap it like you mean it sometimes.

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