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I have gotten a lot of coins back from PCGS, but have never had this happen before!!!

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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I was going to start taking pics for E-Bay, I pick up the slab and the back fell out! Never sealed!!

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It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Likely story. We know you just put that PO1 in that holder!!image

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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool! Put a XF in it and seal it!
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Maybe it's the new PCGS self-slabbing Kit!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you use a blowtorch or just pound on it with the rubber chicken?
    Doug
  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW !!! Looks like a perfectly crack-out holder from PCGS... LOL !!!
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Did you use a blowtorch or just pound on it with the rubber chicken? >>



    Neither, came that was from PCGS.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Sell it to a Chinese forger for $50k. image
  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭
    Wow!

    Somebody's getting good at cracking out.

    Nice job.

    WTB: Barber Quarters XF

  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Hmmmm, I wonder if I can get one of those little rubber chickens in there?
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow!

    Somebody's getting good at cracking out.

    Nice job. >>



    You don't understand, there was no cracking out involved, the slab was never sealed at PCGS! It just came apart!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image Maybe a "mistake" on purpose, a "joke", for sending in so low a grade coin.....Am sure just a oversight , send it back ask for postage costs.
  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭
    Sorry, it was a joke.

    WTB: Barber Quarters XF

  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image Maybe a "mistake" on purpose, a "joke", for sending in so low a grade coin.....Am sure just a oversight , send it back ask for postage costs. >>



    No way, I got one from NGC about 3 years ago and they ponied up 8 free earlybird submissions to get it back.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An unsealed PCGS slab would be worth $$$ if it fell into the wrong hands...keep it safe (the ckicken will protect it!)

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  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    ....Sell it to Mr. Slugworth .......image
    ......Larry........image
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    marty

    they figured this one time, if you were not happy with the grade, they'ed let you scribble your own in image
    image

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  • PentimentoPentimento Posts: 1,367
    Put a Ritz cracker in there and seal it up.
  • RareBronzeCollectorRareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270
    I had that happen to me with several slabs from a bottom tier TPG that will remain nameless.......

    You get what you pay for........

    I didn't care about the grades, just the protection......
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,222 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Err go your guarantee! image


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  • PunscoinsPunscoins Posts: 113


    << <i>Put a Ritz cracker in there and seal it up. >>



    agreed! image
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭
    " Put a Ritz cracker in there and seal it up."

    Either that or a colorized Ike dollar.
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh Boy! Fuel for the Biddlesboob fire!image

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  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    Put a Ritz cracker in there and seal it up.

    image !!!!
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He11, I'd give you 8 free submissions for it! The fun (in a coin-nerdy way) would be worth every dollar image

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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,031 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    about 3-4 years ago at the spring Michigan State Show one of our member dealers had a clean, two piece PCGS holder in their case and were offering it for $100, if i remember correctly. maybe he'll come into the thread and explain how he got his.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>about 3-4 years ago at the spring Michigan State Show one of our member dealers had a clean, two piece PCGS holder in their case and were offering it for $100, if i remember correctly. maybe he'll come into the thread and explain how he got his. >>



    I know who you are talking about, the price must have went down. He told me $500!!image His was in ratty condition, with the hologram label in the reverse peeled off.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    how did you do that??? hammer? vice? hammer and vice??? image chit happens image
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  • ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    Put a toned Frankie in and seal it up. List it on ebay, and PCGS will buy it.


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  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    Nice low-ball Morgan, Marty.

    Garrow
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,316 ✭✭✭
    You should get really creative with that one.
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    So, are you going to ask pcgs, "what's it worth to you"? image
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>So, are you going to ask pcgs, "what's it worth to you"? image >>



    No, if PCGS wants it back they know how to get in touch with me!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • bstat1020bstat1020 Posts: 2,157 ✭✭


    << <i>....Sell it to Mr. Slugworth .......image >>




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  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,181 ✭✭✭
    Looks like you could have a lot of fun with this! Worth keeping.
    HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image >>




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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Superglue works well if you want to seal it up.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The guy was laughing so hard that anybody would submit such a coin he forgot to hit the button on the microwave.......
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  • hiyosilverhiyosilver Posts: 1,216

    Ya know that it's just screaming for a peepee coin....image
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  • solidsolid Posts: 2,975
    Before you seal it up, sign the label: David Hall image
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    I saw HRH today at Long Beach. I can ask him what it's worth to him.
  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    that slab is worth a fortune. I had one of those once with an ANCS slab
  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hopefully the coin didn't get dinged, otherwise you might have a PO01PQ on your hands! image


  • mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
    I let my mind wander into the gutter for a minute and I believe I'm about to say what others are thinking... Someone could place a low grade coin in that sucker and replace the label with a higher grade then try to claim the guarantee... I bet PCGS would want this back in a hurry.

    Nice find though image
    Ray
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    better be careful with that while its open Marty...


    you may end up bamming it down to PO1 image
    image

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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    put a shinny MS coin in the holder and glue it, worth far more that way
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    i heard they're going to start using non-drillable rivets to seal them shut. image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,442 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw HRH today at Long Beach. I can ask him what it's worth to him. >>



    Put it on eBay and let him bid on it. image

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I saw HRH today at Long Beach. I can ask him what it's worth to him. >>



    Put it on eBay and let him bid on it. image >>



    I don't think PCGS would appreciate it at all!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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