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Valued Member
United States
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My Capped Bust hole in My 7070 is too small. any suggestions on how to carefully expand it a little? Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF! Is it a Capped Bust Half? There are 2 holes for these 1807-36 lettered edge & 1836-39 reeded edge. The lettered edge is larger than the reeded edge. Edited by chris12018
12/01/2012 3:36 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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It is an 1818 Lettered edge. I put a brand new small lint roller into the hole and as gently as possible pushed outward. The lint roller was soft too so needed some pressure but was able to make the hole a little bigger with no I'll effects  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Mine was a tight fit as well. I used a pencil to "work" the hole. It was still a tight fit, but not as tight.
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Valued Member
United States
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The early half dollars vary in diameter a tiny bit, but this is enough to make some of them difficult to put into the slot while others tend to rattle around. You may want to use a blade and carefully shave some of the slot away to make it larger.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have that problem with one of my large cents. Still have decided how I want to try and fix the situation of if Id rather just keep that separate
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1177 Posts |
you can always cut your coin :)
just kidding
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Valued Member
United States
207 Posts |
I just had a similar problem with a quarter. I took both top and bottom clear covers out and it slipped right in. Something about removing the bottom / reverse side that allowed it to slip in.
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Bedrock of the Community
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you can always cut your coin :)
 I tried leaving it alone for a while then then trying again hoping it would shrink on its own, no luck |
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United States
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you can always cut your coin :)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Xacto knife. With a new blade this will be VERY sharp (be careful!!) but you can remove see-through slivers, one at a time, til the coin fits.
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Posted 12/01/2012 3:56 pm
