Just something for James to rant about!!

[Coindude]

Here's something that I see James rant about once in a while... foreign objects in slabs. At first you might just notice a beautiful coin, but take a look at 6 oc or so. and then the closeup pics.

[cpm9ball]

That's the elusive slab cud! Get CONECA to attribute it immediately and put it on eBay with a BIN of $1,000,000.

 

Chris

[Coindude]

Chris, only 1 million! Are you crazy! Someone get a straight jacket! ;P

[physics-fan3.14]

Coindude, is the bit of plastic loose? That is, is it rattling around inside?

 

NGC will fix this for you if you let them know.

[Coindude]

No, it's not loose, it's jammed between the coin and the outer gasket. I'm sure they'd fix it and I should have brought that one and the quarter that's in a half holder to the ANA show, but I totally forgot!!

[michael]

that would totally drive me nuts

 

i would need to sell the coin

[James_OldeTowne]

 

That could make for a really fun auction listing description, however ....

[fishfinder]

 

I have this slab with a carbon spot. Does that mean a downgrade Would PCGS re-slab? The spot clearly rests off the coin on the gasket.

[DWLange]

That plastic is not there accidentally. It's appears to be a shim to keep the coin from being loose when the coin doesn't exactly match any of our standard cores. It's soft plastic and completely harmless.

[Coindude]

That's strange. I believe I have other Kooks in slabs / gaskets of that sort with no such shim. I can't be 100% certain, but I'll check when I'm home tonight.

[prudden]

That's strange. I believe I have other Kooks in slabs / gaskets of that sort with no such shim. I can't be 100% certain, but I'll check when I'm home tonight.

 

I've seen the same thing on many slabs.Looks to me like it is deliberate.

[Coindude]

I have 5 others, none of them have that chip in them.

[prudden]

I have 5 others, none of them have that chip in them.

 

 

NGC's DWLange says its deliberate.I think so too,but it doesn't mean I like it.And close up it looks like a piece of random plastic.The edges don't look professionally made at all. So,why only one out of five?Don't have a clue.