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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I dont mind bent coins - its extra history.
doesn't suffer?! Take a hammer and/or a torch to any coin and it will suffer.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I put them between two sheets of hard rubber and straighten them in a vise.
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Valued Member
United States
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I personally do not think one should apply heat to Ancients. It may cause more damage than good.  with BenByfield, extra history  |
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 United States
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This is not something I would do.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The man is an idiot... I don't know what he is thinking of using a torch in such a fashion. To anneal silver (make it soft after its been hammered or milled) you need to make it hotter than that, and it is sitting on a large metal block (meaning you are going to need to hold a torch on it for a considerable time if you want to get any heat into it) Waving a torch over it half-heartedly like that seems a touch pointless...and unnecessary.
As to the other side of his technique, hammering silver against something made of a harder material could clearly scratch or damage it. If he places a wood strip like he hammers through below the coin as well as above then that risk would be removed.
Between two rubber sheets and in a vice as sel says seems preferable.
Edited by DavidUK
12/02/2012 11:24 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I personally think that heat is all show--I doubt it has any effect on the alloy. Consider how easy it is to break an ancient silver or bronze coin--they are way too brittle to risk hammering. I'm also not too thrilled to see a coin hammered against a steel rail. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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oh yeah, broken a few myself just handling them. I just see this as adding more damage.
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Valued Member
 United States
234 Posts |
He has a whole channel on "coin restoration"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like my coins ugly and bent....they have been hammered once by professionals...I need not undermine their work..by re-hammering them...if you must flatten your coin I would use sel's method. Hammering, heating or other ridiculous ways of straightening a coin is IMHO just that RIDICULOUS.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
...they have been hammered once by professionals...I need not undermine their work Well put! There's no reason to undo their work. |
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