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<p>[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 7975599, member: 44210"]I bought this as two broken pieces for $20 back in 2014 or so (the seller did not have the other missing third of the coin). During transit it further broke along the edge. It is my first and so far only coin repair. I’m tempted to use acetone to separate the thin edge piece and then re-glue it, so the glue/repair won’t look as obvious as it does currently.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Charles the Bald</u>, Carolingian Empire</b></p><p>AR obol</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Monogram of Charles</p><p><b>Rev</b>: + METVLLO around cross in circle</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Metallum</p><p><b>Date</b>: 840-877 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: MG 1060</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fi1197.photobucket.com%25252Falbums%25252Faa429%25252FLurkingNinja%25252Fcharlesobol_zpse622a4e6.jpg%2526hash%253Df0addfd4ad816d0d39238352db5df5ed%26hash%3D2e5db8a7da034b8aef5b91d39254bee9&hash=a05dcc1b81209ccc3233947cef427150" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 7975599, member: 44210"]I bought this as two broken pieces for $20 back in 2014 or so (the seller did not have the other missing third of the coin). During transit it further broke along the edge. It is my first and so far only coin repair. I’m tempted to use acetone to separate the thin edge piece and then re-glue it, so the glue/repair won’t look as obvious as it does currently. [B][U]Charles the Bald[/U], Carolingian Empire[/B] AR obol [B]Obv[/B]: Monogram of Charles [B]Rev[/B]: + METVLLO around cross in circle [B]Mint[/B]: Metallum [B]Date[/B]: 840-877 AD [B]Ref[/B]: MG 1060 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fi1197.photobucket.com%25252Falbums%25252Faa429%25252FLurkingNinja%25252Fcharlesobol_zpse622a4e6.jpg%2526hash%253Df0addfd4ad816d0d39238352db5df5ed%26hash%3D2e5db8a7da034b8aef5b91d39254bee9&hash=a05dcc1b81209ccc3233947cef427150[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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