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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1970477, member: 27832&quot;]Ah. The &quot;silver solders&quot; I&#039;ve used bear only a few percent silver, and melt not too much hotter than regular tin/lead. I think they&#039;re mostly intended for soldering to silver-plated components without dissolving the silver layer; very different application. Now I realize that I knew a good bit less about &quot;silver solder&quot; than I thought. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what a jeweler might have used here, but I&#039;m guessing they&#039;d use something that wouldn&#039;t require heating the coin <i>that</i> much -- so much that it would damage the surface texture. I didn&#039;t notice evidence of such damage in the photos. But, again, I&#039;m in over my head already. For a coin that nice, don&#039;t rely on my advice![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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