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<p>[QUOTE="Columbian46, post: 6528787, member: 118678"]Hello. This is my first post here, and I hope this is the right place for this kind of question.</p><p><br /></p><p>[BTW, I've tried to include jpegs of the coins I'm asking about, but I can't see that it's working. Please let me know if I'm not doing this right.]</p><p><br /></p><p>Going through my stash of coins I and my late Mom accumulated over years, I found this 1885 Morgan Dollar in what I believe is near XF condition. Unfortunately, it is disfigured by having been stuck into a brassy-looking ring promoting Buicks.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://file:///C:/Users/Tim/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH]1261124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this ruin the coin, numismatically? Does anyone know how this was done, and how I can remove it? Is it likely to have been braized or soldered to the coin, which would make removal more difficult?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a really nice-looking coin, and I'd like to get rid of the thing attached to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>On another front, I also inherited five other silver dollars into which someone had drilled two or three ~1/8" holes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://file:///C:/Users/Tim/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH]1261127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I know. You're thinking, "How did this guy get so lucky??"</p><p><br /></p><p>These are bullion, right? And with some of the silver missing, to boot. I'm not complaining: it's still an extra C-note in my pocket if I go the bulion route, but—aside from the ugly disfigurement--they're fairly well-preserved. I assume there's no hope here, but I wanted to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>All suggestions are welcome, and thank you all in advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Columbian46, post: 6528787, member: 118678"]Hello. This is my first post here, and I hope this is the right place for this kind of question. [BTW, I've tried to include jpegs of the coins I'm asking about, but I can't see that it's working. Please let me know if I'm not doing this right.] Going through my stash of coins I and my late Mom accumulated over years, I found this 1885 Morgan Dollar in what I believe is near XF condition. Unfortunately, it is disfigured by having been stuck into a brassy-looking ring promoting Buicks. [IMG]http://file:///C:/Users/Tim/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH]1261124[/ATTACH] Does this ruin the coin, numismatically? Does anyone know how this was done, and how I can remove it? Is it likely to have been braized or soldered to the coin, which would make removal more difficult? This is a really nice-looking coin, and I'd like to get rid of the thing attached to it. On another front, I also inherited five other silver dollars into which someone had drilled two or three ~1/8" holes. Really. [IMG]http://file:///C:/Users/Tim/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH]1261127[/ATTACH] I know. You're thinking, "How did this guy get so lucky??" These are bullion, right? And with some of the silver missing, to boot. I'm not complaining: it's still an extra C-note in my pocket if I go the bulion route, but—aside from the ugly disfigurement--they're fairly well-preserved. I assume there's no hope here, but I wanted to ask. All suggestions are welcome, and thank you all in advance.[/QUOTE]
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