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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 10664740, member: 112"]Given what you're gonna have to do, I think I'd quit now and throw it away, count the money spent as a lesson learned. The coins may come out of the acrylic easily enough as there will not be a really good bond between the two. But based on your last pic, there is obviously a good bond between the acrylic and the paint on the wood. And of course the paint is bonded to the wood. The frame which is solid wood will break easily enough, but the underlying board I would assume is either plywood or OSB, and that stuff, neither one of them breaks ands comes apart easily. But instead breaks and comes apart in tiny little pieces because of the way it's made. So the problem is separating the acrylic and the wood from each other. Using a heat gun, from either side, will soften the acrylic but I have to wonder if that would not make things worse instead of better. But it may be worth a shot. A hammer and chisel and working from the back side may be your best bet. But it'll take forever. And no doubt mangle the coins, maybe to the point that it could be difficult to even spend them or cash them in. So I'd go back to my first comment if it were me.[/QUOTE]