What would cause the flexible insert inside a PCGS slab to crack?

llafoe · June 5, 2011 12:44PM

GRANDAM · June 5, 2011 12:49PM

Exposure to sunlight.

crypto79 · June 5, 2011 1:02PM

The burden of a naggy wife and 3 kids coupled with a high pressure job. Its car broke down on the way back from the store and that was all it could take

Monstarcoins · June 5, 2011 1:05PM

I dont know..It appears to have shrunk doesn't it?

BAJJERFAN · June 5, 2011 1:08PM

Are you sure its a crack and not a seam?

TPRC · June 5, 2011 1:09PM

I'm glad you posted this as I was at a small show this weekend and one dealer in particular had 4 pcgs slabs with this issue. Prior to today, I had never seen it. I suspected that they were fake slabs but I am pretty sure they are legit. One was a 93-S dollar in vg-10 with a CAC sticker. The coin looked great and certainly real to me. Another was an early circulated $5 gold piece in vf-25 and also real. I was stumped.
No idea, but I have now seen it.

greatnortherncoin · June 5, 2011 1:51PM

maybe the dog is in heat

1897smorgan · June 5, 2011 2:08PM

osteoporosis?

Maybe a calcium suppliment would help.

TwoSides2aCoin · June 5, 2011 9:17PM

Calling Fred Weinberg

PerryHall · June 5, 2011 9:48PM

These flexible rings are molded and that is a seam rather than a crack where the two halves of the mold came together.

mozin · June 6, 2011 2:42AM

<< <i>These flexible rings are molded and that is a seam rather than a crack where the two halves of the mold came together. >>

relicsncoins · June 6, 2011 2:44AM

Maybe it's an act of rebellion against the coin that is inside.

Bubblehead · June 6, 2011 3:00AM

No idea..

But it does make for a small distraction...

FredWeinberg · June 6, 2011 3:05AM

I haven't seen this effect yet,
even with out-of-shape error
coins, so I don't have any
'inside info' or reason why they
would crack like that.

The plastic ring is soft, so it should
'give' a bit - you'll have to ask
PCGS why......sorry I can't be of help.

LindeDad · June 6, 2011 3:47AM

Heat on the seam caused it to deform.
I left the blue box of slabs setting too close to a base board heater this is one of three that got damagesd.

Edited to add clearer image. And suls of more heat image.

Results of more exposure i.e. the coin closest to the edge of the blue box.

relicsncoins · June 6, 2011 4:54AM

<< <i>Heat on the seam caused it to deform.
I left the blue box of slabs setting too close to a base board heater this is one of three that got damagesd.

Edited to add clearer image. And suls of more heat image.

Results of more exposure i.e. the coin closest to the edge of the blue box.

>>

Interesting. That second one is extreme.

TPRC · June 6, 2011 5:16AM

Interesting! The dealer I saw that had some also indicated that it was a heat issue. Which begs the question....are such slabs indicators of improper storage, or worse?

messydesk · June 6, 2011 5:30AM

Actually, the question I'd be more interested in is whether the coin is salvageable in cases like the 96-W dime. Perhaps DW will give a definitive answer.

LindeDad · June 6, 2011 5:34AM

Mine was a case of wrong place wrong time I set the box beside the desk near the base board unit in a small apartment that I was living in at the time and it got cold and I forgot to move it. I will note that the temp was hot but I did not recieve a burn when I picked up the blue PCGS box and the storage box was not deformed by the heat.

llafoe · June 6, 2011 5:36AM

Syl - Do you think the heat caused the golden toning on the 96-P?

LindeDad · June 6, 2011 5:43AM

<< <i>Syl - Do you think the heat caused the golden toning on the 96-P? >>

No it was that way before, the heat was not extreme enough to cause any change in the coins IMO. And that coin is not even worth a reholder fee.

What would cause the flexible insert inside a PCGS slab to crack?

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