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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 395375, member: 360&quot;]Yes I did that when took it out to photograph it. But it&#039;s interesting that you say that about slabbed coins. I was showing it to a few coin dealers I know, and they all said that slabbed coins are a frustration. I asked them why, and they said, in effect: </p><p><br /></p><p>A slabbed coin is &#039;inaccessible&#039;. Collectors can&#039;t put them in their albums, or boxes or cases that they might have for their collections. They can&#039;t handle them in the way that they might like, and this makes them undesirable. Because of that, according to one dealer I spoke to - it&#039;s common for people to just smash them open and just take the coins out anyway. I suspect that&#039;s what the guy I bought it from was trying to do, but I dunno. All he told me was that he dropped it and stepped on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have checked the coin extensively and yes, I do believe it is real. I&#039;ve kept the frame that holds the coin, so that I can retain the serial number and the provenance of the shipwreck - I have also screenshotted and photographed it and the various websites many times to keep that as well, just in case. Although that said, it is highly unlikely that I would ever sell this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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