How best to sell this slabbed US Peace Dollar?

[Divmad]

I've come across this Peace Dollar from when I naively bought it in the last Silver run up in 2008, bought from a UK seller online.

Of course, now I realise that the grading company was all made up to inflate values, but I now want to sell this and quite a few others, Peace and Morgans, in this state. 

 

How best to? Should I try and get the coins out of the casing (how?) or sell them "as is"?

The coins are all in good state but I don't suppose they are anything near the purported ones. MS64 in this case.

Any opinions welcomed.

Divmad

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Divmad

[Spyder]

I would sell it as is, but with a caution that it would not be graded MS 64 by the two known companies.

[erv]

I am not a grader but that coin looks, at most, AU-50.  If you want to break it out you can place it on the edge on concrete, cover it with a towel, and lightly tap on top of the edge with a hammer.  You may need to rotate and repeast.  I have done these numerous times to free a coin.  Be careful as the resultant shards can be sharp. 

[SidS]

I've liberated more than a few coins from entombment. I find wrapping a tea towel around and then using a g-clamp works well - pretty much attacking the label area. You can gently crack the edges using pressure from the sides (left/right, then top/bottom too). Just don't crush the area where the coin is.

[arphethean]

That edge knock would instantly earn that coin a "details" grade from NGC/PCGS, so that slab isn't worth the plastic unfortunately. As for grade, far from MS64. I'd just price it like a normal peace dollar around £23-4

[MonkeysUncle]

I would say leave in the case. The naughty bit of me says ebay auction it and cross fingers that someone gets excited and overpays. Caveat emptor and all that.

[KevjustKev]

Get it out? Fine tooth blade on a band saw

[Arganto]

Rotary tool (Dremel being the brand everyone knows) with a cutting disc attachment. Cut in straight lines as close as you are comfortable to the coin. Once you've cut the crusts off so to speak prise the plastic apart. You could do this with a regular sized grinder but it could go awry. 

Obviously securing the slab in a vice/clamp will make this easier, a must if using a full size grinder, but with a small rotary tool a gloved hand is enough.

If you don't have a rotary tool they are a useful thing to have around, find an excuse to buy one 🤣 

Honestly though if you're selling them I'd leave them alone but price them as you would an unslabbed coin 🌞