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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 3149249, member: 15199&quot;]Also, but&nbsp; it would be rare, coin mechanics, people who are fewer today as most of the expert ones have retired or died, could repair valuable rare coin that were plugged previously. Obviously , those that could do such a job without amateur detection were in demand in the last century for colony time coins that had been nailed to the home threshold for good luck. To make the coinage close, punchouts of the less rare coins of correct metal composition could be used as a filler and then using graver&#039;s instruments , tools to blend it. A little AT on the coin and it is hard for amateurs ( and sometimes museums) to detect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Clawcoins , I also have done similar with common coins. When I installed extra non-load bearing walls in the garage, I use Ike dollars to support them as they were $1 at the bank and&nbsp; that size steel washers at the Hardware store was $1.80. I figured that I made Ikes more rare for todays collectors.&nbsp; Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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