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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hi I live in the UK and have a couple of coins that I would like to get repaired I know of only one person "crs Stockton" in the US who does very good work Is there anybody else perhaps in Europe anyone can recommend Here are the coins in question if anyone would like to see them     |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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If you mean plugging the hole/removing the brooch so that the "repair" can't easily be detected - impossible.
If you mean plugging the hole/removing the brooch and not worrying about what it looks like - any competent silversmith, your local jeweller will probably do it.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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 Damage is damage, there's no way to press an 'undo' button here... and I thought that was also part of the fun/charm of the numismatic hobby, actually...  I don't know anyone in Europe who runs a service like the one that "crs Stockton" runs. PCGS has a restoration service that's also available here, though: http://www.PCGSeurope.com/article/P...-europe?l=en I agree with Pertinax that a competent silversmith is probably your best option. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Try to find a Jeweler that makes Jewelery. Usually they can fix stuff like that and fairly well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you mean plugging the hole/removing the brooch so that the "repair" can't easily be detected - impossible. You haven't seen stockton's work have you. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Why bother, in my opinion. As others have said...damage is damage. It's not reversible, but you can sorta/mostly hide it I suppose, given enough talent. I think the hole on your first coin adds character. There is certainly a story to it, even if it's only that someone strung it around their neck for a while. But who was that person? Why did they do it?  On the second coin, You could have someone de-solder the pin/clasp. But the damage would still be there. Again, what's the story on this one? Who wore this on their lapel? (Personally I would have soldered the pin to the obverse!  ) I *really* like that first coin of yours...hole and all. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 United States
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Impressive. Thank you for the link.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've often thought I would like to try a hole repair, just for the learning experience. On a cheap coin of course. I'll bet it would make a professional coin restorer's rates look more reasonable.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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I hope he's better at coin repairs than Photoshop - if these are real pics (not much retouching), then the results are absolutely impressive. However... Not trying to take over this thread, just wondering a bit and curious about your opinions: To me, the charm of the hobby of numismatics is partially due to things like coin grading: coins only get 'worse' over time, and there's no way back. Given that this Stockton runs a coin repair service with this kind of impressive results actually makes me worry a bit for the future. What if there now suddenly is a 'way back' for coins? Sure, a 'good' TPG may not be fooled, but we all know that they have off days too: there are more than enough examples of that on this forum. And there are many coins which aren't slabbed (or entombed, as someone here called it) or slabbed by 'second rate' third party graders. Just like the tsunami of Chinese fakes hitting the market and getting of better and better quality, I'm actually not sure if this is a kind of development I'm very happy with... what about you? |
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