How Is The Best Way To Get This 1971-D Kennedy Out Of Lucite.

LOL

Here's a solution. Send it to me, I'll pay full postage plus fifty cents. Then I'll post a video of me throwing this stupid thing into Lake Michigan.

Seriious offer, I am not kidding.

@ Coinfrog : I will put my self in the mail. You receive me and please drop me in your backyard not in cold water plese. I know my experiments can blow up your house but will be for a nobel cause of science. We had a deal?

@ Make: Could be fuzzy now, but maybe the clouds will dispersed.

Coinfrog and everyone - He already knows its not a valuable coin and says he has 5 coins in lucite so thats why I suggested to go ahead and try the freeze and hammer method which works right away but can be messy. Yes the acetone can work but silviosi even just confirmed as I thought that it would take awihle, not like those acrylic nails. A month! It is good to know sometimes by others what works and what doesn't, so those like dearborn don't further blow themselves up later experimenting like beaker above

My first try wil be to remove most of the Lucite with a hacksaw as close to the coin as I can I'll be able to see through and where I'm cutting then around the outside diameter of the edge till just a bit away,then soak it and see if it will split in 2,maybe leave the bottom half a bit thick so I can put it in a vise,I'll try a few thing I have a bunch of cheap penny ones here to experiment with.

1983, I really am looking forward to this project and it's outcome! No kidding involved! Just take care with
proper protective gear!

I've thought about your 1983 Kennedy half dollar w/lucite problem. I see what you're looking at, in front of John's mouth (small die chip). I have a 2023-P Bessie Coleman .25 piece I thought had a large Cud on her left cheek. I found out otherwise. Usually, Cuds are found around the rims of coins. The die crack, on my coin, may have exuded base metal from below, forming this error. The 10 ton squeeze, during the minting process, causes the metal or clad layers, to be " molten " immediately upon being struck. As for the "Lucite", I came up with a " Freeze solution ". When most anything freezes, it expands. Freeze the block of lucite for 1-2 days. Then place the lucite block, w/coin, on a hard surface and use a hammer, very carefully. A short crisp rap around the edge should shatter the Lucite. After it shatters and leaves the coin free of permanent encapsulation, you can then determine how to proceed from there. Remember, the metals used in your coin expand and contract as well. Take care !

This is just a theory based on Physics and should not be thought of as a tried and true method.

I will try the freeze first then cool,I will wrap it in a rag first though so stuff does not fly all over the place,maybe leave a hole in the top to whack it though.