Coin Photography, Conservation and Storage / Re: Encyylopedia of Slabed Coins
« Last post by Jay GT4 on Today at 09:42:56 pm »I handily de-slabbed a NGC Ancients coin case today. It held a fifth century stater of Kroton, Bruttium. The photo supplied by the auction house was muddy, so I intend to take my own photos.
The process was simple and painless: wrapped in an old hand towel, the NGC case was tapped with a claw hammer using light to moderate force a dozen times along one long edge. The case separated cleanly at one end, and two screwdrivers were used to gently pry the two halves apart. I popped the coin and its paper insert into a waiting vinyl 2x2 flip. The case separated so cleanly that it could be reassembled!
Wouldn't you know? I was just reading my |March 31st issue of eSylum and saw this new book on slabbed coins!
Glad you broke the Kroton stater free!
Almost had me on the book. Funny!