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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2325754, member: 24314&quot;]GOOD!&nbsp; How about this NEW way...try an ice pick!&nbsp; The point is this.&nbsp; It does not matter that the coin is virtually worthless.&nbsp; The same advice I gave holds true no matter what it is worth. </p><p><br /></p><p>Conservators are like doctors...DO NO HARM.&nbsp; This is a perfect learning coin.&nbsp; Even the ice pick method would not hurt it much <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but I&#039;ll bet a sharp thorn/toothpick is all it needs based on my experience as a coin doctor/conservator whatever you want to call it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everything on that coin points to a tiny piece of foreign material laying on the surface.&nbsp;&nbsp; No one I know except perhaps guys like Stockton (who are experienced in the art of coin repair/restoration) play with solder irons around ANY coin.&nbsp; Your method (combined w/a toothpick) at best will spread solder all over the place and make the poor coin worse than it is.&nbsp; That coin could be made into a completely presentable VG-10 in the proper hands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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