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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2975371, member: 85693"]Thank you all for your advice - I knew I could count on you. I like TIF's "sweating bullets" account - sorry that it happened, but it is instructive. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a lot of non-ancient coins with loops or pins attached (I have a thing for coins used as jewelry, love tokens, etc.). From time to time I've busted off a loop with pliers and filed gently. This works okay. But I've never had an ancient bronze with a loop of a different metal (silver?) attached. With all the weird things that happens to ancient metals (crystallization, enbrittlement, etc.) I am really hesitant to ruining my only Lucius Verus dupondius. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think at some point I might try the soldering iron - I'd never heard of the "sucking solder" concept, but that sounds like what is needed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately for everyone in my neighborhood, I do NOT own a chainsaw. Or a Bass-o-Matic '76.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2975371, member: 85693"]Thank you all for your advice - I knew I could count on you. I like TIF's "sweating bullets" account - sorry that it happened, but it is instructive. I have a lot of non-ancient coins with loops or pins attached (I have a thing for coins used as jewelry, love tokens, etc.). From time to time I've busted off a loop with pliers and filed gently. This works okay. But I've never had an ancient bronze with a loop of a different metal (silver?) attached. With all the weird things that happens to ancient metals (crystallization, enbrittlement, etc.) I am really hesitant to ruining my only Lucius Verus dupondius. I think at some point I might try the soldering iron - I'd never heard of the "sucking solder" concept, but that sounds like what is needed. Fortunately for everyone in my neighborhood, I do NOT own a chainsaw. Or a Bass-o-Matic '76.[/QUOTE]
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