Now this is the way to crack out coins!

[PCcoins]

 

This is how I'm doing it from now on!

[123cents]

 

This is how I'm doing it from now on!

 

 

That's a great way to downgrade your own coins.

[jesbroken]

Huh, I thought that was how they sealed them.

[MBA101]

Thats been floating around for a while. I thought the funniest part about the whole thing was that it is MY dealer who is doing it!

[PCcoins]

Yeah, I seen it and couldn't stop laughing, so I figured I would spread the joy!

[cpm9ball]

I think James showed us the best crack-out tool. I may be mistaken, but I think he was trying to sell it at the CSNS Show (?) in Chicago. Help me out, here, James! Do you still have the photos?

 

Chris

[Coin]

Let's not forget the English way of cracking out coins....reference Dooly's chopper !

[lehigh96]

OMG that cleaver is the scariest thing I have ever seen on this board. All slabs should hide from that thing.

[PCcoins]

 

I laugh everytime I see it. That 89cc was a 55 now its a 62!

[DWLange]

In my August column for The Numismatist, I wrote of my experience during a tour of the San Francisco Mint in 1987. The unsold 1982-S proof Washington Halves were being melted there, but they first had to be removed from their plastic capsules. This was accomplished by running the capsules through the upsetting mill, which squeezes blanks to form the raised rim of a press-ready planchet. This squeezing action shattered the plastic and freed the coins. Both were then dumped into their respective hoppers for disposal.

[halfpint]

here you go.

https://www.packageshark.com/?cid=157123