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<p>[QUOTE="biged239, post: 1198423, member: 29948"]Hello </p><p>I have worked in the plastic industry for a long time. I believe most of these are in-bedded in acrylic a high temperature polymer. Just like Lexan and plexiglas these are very hard and will shatter. The polymer is still going to be hard to get off the coin. Over 800 degrees F just to get polymer to start flowing. This is just my opinion, never had tried it. You may can smelt it like melting aluminum are lead? Be real careful it will pop and throw hot plastic because of the expansion of air. Is it really worth the trouble?</p><p>Big Ed[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="biged239, post: 1198423, member: 29948"]Hello I have worked in the plastic industry for a long time. I believe most of these are in-bedded in acrylic a high temperature polymer. Just like Lexan and plexiglas these are very hard and will shatter. The polymer is still going to be hard to get off the coin. Over 800 degrees F just to get polymer to start flowing. This is just my opinion, never had tried it. You may can smelt it like melting aluminum are lead? Be real careful it will pop and throw hot plastic because of the expansion of air. Is it really worth the trouble? Big Ed[/QUOTE]
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