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Coin Chick Pillar of the Community Canada 1354 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 7:24 pm Hello I have an 1893 penny that someone encased completely into a plastic mold Is there some sort of magic to free it or is it garbage? Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 7:53 pm Unless its got a repunched 9 on the other side it's not worth the effort.If you're really determined to remove it a few methods have been presented in the Main coin forum but they all sound like a lot of effort. Report this Post to the Staff
Coin Chick Pillar of the Community Canada 1354 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 7:55 pm The plastic on the other side is all cracked so I can't get a good view of the date.. Report this Post to the Staff
Imohtep Valued Member Canada 321 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 7:58 pm I would say mabye attempt to melt the plastic off, then use acetone to remove the little bits that might stay on the coin? thats my only suggestion Report this Post to the Staff
joboman Valued Member Canada 68 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 10:35 pm leave it in the freezer for a day, take a hammer to it.. or acetone but that might take a long time to dissolve Report this Post to the Staff
cbu Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 10:37 pm Dry ice might help to make the plastic brittle enough to shatter... Then again... A long period of time in a freezer ... might achieve the same results... dts... Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 11:27 pm Given the grade of the coin, and the surface will most certainly have a cleaned look to it, when finally rescued - it will be worthless. Why not just keep it as a cool paperweight? Or stick a magnet on the back and put in on your fridge as a conversation piece? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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