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Removing Silver Eagles from Tube
My new silver eagle arrived today. It is for my Airtite-eagle collection.
The coin is well struck, but suffers from a malady I see too often -- the sender got in too big a hurry to get them out of the tube. Many a beautiful coin is dinged to MS67 status when extracting them. Does anyone here know a good way to remove silver eagles from their tight tubes without damaging them. I warm the tube in my hand and work very slowly. There must be a better way, though. Don't know why they make those tubes so tight. Glad that this coin was destined for an Airtite. Anita |
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... My new silver eagle arrived today. It is for my Airtite-eagle collection. The coin is well struck, but suffers from a malady I see too often -- the sender got in too big a hurry to get them out of the tube. Many a beautiful coin is dinged to MS67 status when extracting them. Does anyone here know a good way to remove silver eagles from their tight tubes without damaging them. I warm the tube in my hand and work very slowly. There must be a better way, though. Don't know why they make those tubes so tight. Glad that this coin was destined for an Airtite. Anita I open the tube.. set it on the soft cloth on a hard surface and tap it gently. Within a few taps the coins start to come out. Also WARMING the tube caused the coins and tube to expand. I have not needed to try it, but I suppose putting the tube in the freezer would free the coins more easily. Good luck to you! But getting MS67 by buying singles is pretty good. You do know they pick out all the MS69's before they sell the coins, right? I thought you did. You'll have to order a full tube to test the freezer method and tapping gently. Jonathan_ATC |
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wrote in message ups.com... .... The trick is to turn the tube over on a soft, oil-free cloth and squeeze the tube lightly while rotating between fingers. The stuck iggles will come free and land upon each other with a millimeters drop, side to side, rather than pour out with the risk of them rotating and edges gouging obv/rev. Raise the tube as they come free. You should get a neat stack of iggles. I still wince at coin shows when a dealer tosses a coin on the table. Even if it lands flat, the soft metal is pressed. I wouldn't dream of throwing a coin, even if it is in a slab. It is definitely worthwhile to take time when getting eagles out of the tube. I have only taken them out once, but ended up with some of the most ding-free coins I've seen. If I get another roll this year, I'll try rolling the tube without putting any bounce on the coins, like you describe. It sounds like you've done your share of them. It would be nice if they were packaged in sealed coin vaults that we could open lengthwise. IMO, eagles are beautiful, particularly when they aren't dinged by shaking them out of the tube. Anita |
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Removing Silver Eagles from Tube
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:56:17 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC"
wrote: I open the tube.. set it on the soft cloth on a hard surface and tap it gently. Within a few taps the coins start to come out. Also WARMING the tube caused the coins and tube to expand. I have not needed to try it, but I suppose putting the tube in the freezer would free the coins more easily. Good luck to you! But getting MS67 by buying singles is pretty good. You do know they pick out all the MS69's before they sell the coins, right? I thought you did. You'll have to order a full tube to test the freezer method and tapping gently. Rather than warming the tube, why don't you try sticking it in the freezer for a while. I would expect that the silver coins would contract more than the plastic tube. |
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Removing Silver Eagles from Tube
"Phil DeMayo" wrote in message
... On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:56:17 GMT, "Jonathan_ATC" wrote: I open the tube.. set it on the soft cloth on a hard surface and tap it gently. Within a few taps the coins start to come out. Also WARMING the tube caused the coins and tube to expand. I have not needed to try it, but I suppose putting the tube in the freezer would free the coins more easily. Good luck to you! But getting MS67 by buying singles is pretty good. You do know they pick out all the MS69's before they sell the coins, right? I thought you did. You'll have to order a full tube to test the freezer method and tapping gently. Rather than warming the tube, why don't you try sticking it in the freezer for a while. I would expect that the silver coins would contract more than the plastic tube. Didn't I just say that? LOL! Jonathan_ATC |
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Removing Silver Eagles from Tube
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: I still wince at coin shows when a dealer tosses a coin on the table. Even if it lands flat, the soft metal is pressed. I wouldn't dream of throwing a coin, even if it is in a slab. Hell, Anita - I still wince when I see a dealer slide an MS coin out of a flip and hold it in his bare hands! Call me anal, but I don't want his greasy fingerprints on my otherwise relatively unblemished coins, even if they are only MS-64!!! -- Eric Babula Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
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