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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Looks like they were glued to a concrete pavement with Araldite.
A sharp whack against the edge of each coin would have been enough to remove them, taking some surface concrete as well.
A long soak in a sealed container of rubbing alcohol should soften the cured epoxy resin enough for mechanical removal.
If that doesn't work, do the same with acetone.
You would spend more on solvents and your own time, than the total face value of the coins.
Cheaper just to trash them.
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Australia
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Were you walking past the pub at the end of the mall in Surfers Paradise? Bar staff trick.
One way windows, keeps the customers amused for a while.
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11/21/2022 03:38 am
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Were you walking past the pub at the end of the mall in Surfers Paradise? Bar staff trick.
One way windows, keeps the customers amused for a while.
Or on UQ campus? In that case the people who stuck the coins to the pavement were interested in women with short skirts trying to pick up the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Just for fun I took the coins to a few banks to see what their reaction would be. The first couple didn't want anything to do with them, "there's half the pavement still attached to them". The guy at the last bank I went to said they were "damaged coins" and it is not "worth their while" to send them back to the RAM. I tried soaking in acetone - nothing doing. Next I'll see if boiling water will soften the glue long enough for me to prise off the concrete.  |
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Were you walking past the pub at the end of the mall in Surfers Paradise? Bar staff trick.
One way windows, keeps the customers amused for a while.
Or on UQ campus? In that case the people who stuck the coins to the pavement were interested in women with short skirts trying to pick up the coins.You guys are both way too 20th century in your thinking. Normally these days, this prank is done in order to acquire Youtube footage of people trying to pick them up. And Youtube footage of the guy who comes back with tools and an attitude. So congratulations MMM, you're probably a star on somebody's viral video now. I'm reminded of that artist a couple of decades ago who wanted to make some "street art" using coins stuck to the pavement in Rundle Mall in Adelaide. Guy went into the nearby coin shop to buy some old but not too valuable coins, which were duly sold to him. A couple of old pennies, a 1937 crown, that sort of thing, which were liberally scattered about the mall. Only, he didn't just superglue them down - he welded them onto huge iron bolts, which were then secured professionally into the pavement, to try to stop people from doing what MMM just did. All of which didn't stop the coins from being smashed off and stolen after a few weeks. I just would've liked to have seen the look on the taker, once they realised the extent to which they'd have to vandalize the cement, and the extent to which the coins had been damaged in the process of being made into art.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Perhaps if you arm yourself with a hammer, you can remove the concrete, but then most likely the coins will be badly damaged.
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United States
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So congratulations MMM, you're probably a star on somebody's viral video now.  
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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So congratulations MMM, you're probably a star on somebody's viral video now. It will be a short video because each coin only took about 5 seconds each to liberate. (Never go walking around the suburbs without a hammer and chisel in your bag) 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Perhaps you should glue them back to where you found them and save the street repair costs.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Perhaps you should glue them back to where you found them and save the street repair costs. I go walking down that street all the time. Surprisingly you can't really tell where the coins were. Quote:
I'll see if boiling water will soften the glue long enough for me to prise off the concrete. Success  It was hard work though. I had to keep putting them back in the boiling water because the glue would harden again a few seconds after taking a coin out to prise off as much as I could using a metal spatula.   Now what am I going to spend my hard-earned $3.70 on.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
665 Posts |
At MachinMachinMan
PM sent.
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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United States
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Looks great!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Now what am I going to spend my hard-earned $3.70 on Buy a coin for your collection with this money . But I would buy a chocolate bar with this money.
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But I would buy a chocolate bar with this money. 
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