I wonder how hard this would be to remove? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1808-Silver...91?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e757f705f
I only look at auctions that say *LOOK Tim...trying to drive up your post count? Filling the void MrBrklyn left behind?
I saw the thread title and thought "Your going to have to have a REALLY big finger to wear a ring with a CBH in it." Whether it can be removed without damage is going to depend on how it was "fixed" into the ring. If the used compression on the ring, like they do on encasements, the the edge of the coin is probably already damaged. If they used expansion/contraction then the coin might be OK. If I was going to try and remove this coin I would look for some way to apply heat to just the outer ring. Say a steel plate with a hole in it larger than the half but smaller than the ring. Put the piece over the hole so the half is not toughing the plate. Start heating the plate so it starts heating up the outside ring. Now we want to cool the coin. I'd say put cubes of dry ice on it. When the ring is hot and the coin is cold use a wood block or rod that is almost the size of the coin and a mallet to try and "punch the coin out of the ring. The idea here is the cause the ring to expand and the coin to contract breaking the connection between the two. Then the nearl the same size punch overcomes what little connection remains. The same size punch of wood applied the blow to the entire surface of the coin to help prevent damage, and the wood does not conduct heat well so it doesn't warm the coin back up.
William "The Refrigerator" Perry's Super Bowl ring was so big, a half dollar would go through it. Now THAT'S a big finger!
No. I do too because it reminds me of the kind of sensationalized advertisements you come across on those late night infomercials for so-called "rare" coins, in that they make something seem more extraordinary than it truly is, so as to justify charging an astronomical price for common date coins in average circulated grade with less than average eye appeal.
Yes I know that has nothing to do with auctions, but considering that there's probably a lot of non-collectors using ebay to buy coins for their collecting friends/relatives, and also happen to be some of the same people who tend to be taken in by some of those same type of sensationalized ads, the results are probably the same kind of outrageous prices by the final bid.
