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<p>[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 26079803, member: 25270"]Today at my LCS I found a quite valuable coin, 1864 New Brunswick 5 cents, that unfortunately seems to have been made into jewelry in the past. This coin sells for several hundred dollars so if there's a way to improve it, it's definitely in my best interests. Is there any way to remove this attachment with minimal damage to the coin? I understand there is probably some damage but I think it would be more collectible without the attachment unless if left a hole or divot or something. Do you think it is soldered on? I looked up removing solder and sites mention heating it up with a soldering iron and scraping it off, but they're also talking about circuit boards, not coins. This is outside of my area of knowledge so I'm hoping for some guidance. Here's some pictures. [ATTACH=full]1661457[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 26079803, member: 25270"]Today at my LCS I found a quite valuable coin, 1864 New Brunswick 5 cents, that unfortunately seems to have been made into jewelry in the past. This coin sells for several hundred dollars so if there's a way to improve it, it's definitely in my best interests. Is there any way to remove this attachment with minimal damage to the coin? I understand there is probably some damage but I think it would be more collectible without the attachment unless if left a hole or divot or something. Do you think it is soldered on? I looked up removing solder and sites mention heating it up with a soldering iron and scraping it off, but they're also talking about circuit boards, not coins. This is outside of my area of knowledge so I'm hoping for some guidance. Here's some pictures. [ATTACH=full]1661457[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1661460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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