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<p>[QUOTE="CygnusCC, post: 8417777, member: 120299"]Not sure if this is the same situation, but to remove a quarter from a US Mint capsule half, I held the capsule half in a pair of channel lock pliers by the rim - sort of like this but on the capsule half instead of a bare coin:</p><p><a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-euro-coin-in-pliers-100083625.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-euro-coin-in-pliers-100083625.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-euro-coin-in-pliers-100083625.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Then used a heat gun on the plastic side of capsule half. I actually only used the pliers because it got too hot while I held the capsule with my fingers. The capsule got very flexible and actually bent backwards as I held onto it, dropping the quarter out as it bent from me holding it. I will note that the capsule had a raised rim edge that seemed to help it bend backwards - it was not the smooth sided half.</p><p><br /></p><p>For my situation the highest probability of damage was from me and the pliers rather than the heat and any melting plastic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My saving grace was that I wasn't squeezing the pliers hard, just holding the capsule.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, basically all of this to say that well before it melts it gets a heck of a lot more flexible and you should see the capsule distort, likely dropping the coin out, before you see any melting or stickiness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CygnusCC, post: 8417777, member: 120299"]Not sure if this is the same situation, but to remove a quarter from a US Mint capsule half, I held the capsule half in a pair of channel lock pliers by the rim - sort of like this but on the capsule half instead of a bare coin: [URL]https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-euro-coin-in-pliers-100083625.html[/URL] Then used a heat gun on the plastic side of capsule half. I actually only used the pliers because it got too hot while I held the capsule with my fingers. The capsule got very flexible and actually bent backwards as I held onto it, dropping the quarter out as it bent from me holding it. I will note that the capsule had a raised rim edge that seemed to help it bend backwards - it was not the smooth sided half. For my situation the highest probability of damage was from me and the pliers rather than the heat and any melting plastic. :rolleyes: My saving grace was that I wasn't squeezing the pliers hard, just holding the capsule. In any case, basically all of this to say that well before it melts it gets a heck of a lot more flexible and you should see the capsule distort, likely dropping the coin out, before you see any melting or stickiness.[/QUOTE]
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