Just curious, small gold coin like this, seems like it would be easy to repair... https://www.ebay.com/itm/1904-Lewis-Clark-Gold-Dollar-G-1-Certified-NGC-AU-Detail-Rare-Coin/174120887164?hash=item288a69e37c:g:XhgAAOSwoydd7qv- What do y'all thinks?
I've heard of people fixing bent coins but never on modern coins. I think it would be very hard to fix without damaging it further or leaving a trace of it once being bent.
It's just bullion now, so...no, there's no "repairing" it. (Otherwise, don't you think they would have?) It's gratifying to know that someone didn't try to "fix" it already & pass it off as a straight graded coin.
It isn't really that rare of a coin. For an actual rare coin, it may be worth it to have it restored. Either way, straightening a bent coin usually leaves some evidence. It will always be a "details" problem coin. To take a bent coin, unbend it, and then try to sell it as a problem free coin is dishonest. It also wouldn't be as easy as you think to repair, I think. You'd have to get it *exactly* perfect, and that's nearly impossible with a bent coin.
I’ll venture to say you stand a much better chance of damaging it further. It will always be a details coin unless you get a grader drunk.
It's damaged goods.....don't waste your money. Save it to buy a clean example, if that's what you want. Many coins of this era were messed with by contemporary collectors. Clean examples are rare but can be had......
Repair doesn't make a coin problem free. It is appropriate only where the eye appeal can be improved through repair. But a repair leaves its mark on the surfaces that can always be seen.
Most collectors want these coins in MS-64 and better. This is especially true in this weak market where prices are low. This coin will never be anything special, and not worth spending repair money on it.
When metal is bent one side is stretched and the other contacted. As a result the metal of the bend becomes strengthened. When you try to take a bend out, a new bend will occur in the softer metal adjacent to the bend. Thus you will never achieve a flat coin. You will end up with a wavy coin.
It's damaged and really, unrepairable in my book. For that kind of money I'd go find another coin that doesn't need any work done on it.
