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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1197902, member: 26302"]Then it really ceases to be a coin then. If you permanently alter the coin making reversal impossible, then it ceases to be a coin, same as if you had melted it.</p><p><br /></p><p>To the OP, interesting quandary. I have seen such coins, but never thought how to remove them. I would try to find out what the plastic is, and see what dissolves it. Many things can melt plastic and not affect metal, (or at least not dissolve it). I think you would be safe at least at first to band saw away most of the plastic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1197902, member: 26302"]Then it really ceases to be a coin then. If you permanently alter the coin making reversal impossible, then it ceases to be a coin, same as if you had melted it. To the OP, interesting quandary. I have seen such coins, but never thought how to remove them. I would try to find out what the plastic is, and see what dissolves it. Many things can melt plastic and not affect metal, (or at least not dissolve it). I think you would be safe at least at first to band saw away most of the plastic.[/QUOTE]
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