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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As I was doing some winter cleaning I found this. Should I leave it as is or remove the dollars? If so, how to remove the dollars without damaging the card or the dollars.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3058 Posts |
Cut the tap off the card, that peel the tape off the dollar.
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
The condition of the coins will probably be affected by the tape. Depending on how much, they may have less collectable value, and only be face value.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2023 Posts |
If you don't want to damage the card, get an X-acto knife and trim the tape around the rims of the coins. The coins will provide enough of a gap that you should be able to extract them safely, and peeling the tape off the coins will be easy (though it might leave some residue).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
 a soak in acetone may help with the residue on the coins. |
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
Alpha2814 + Debrajc = best all-around solution. Or, if not acetone, MEK (2-butanone).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
The best thing for removing tape glue is wd40.
Try it first and you will see how well it works!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
Just drop the entire mess into acetone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2815 Posts |
How about just leaving it as is? I'd like to hear the story behind this. How old is it?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10034 Posts |
Heat from something like a blow dryer will also work when trying to remove tape and labels. The stickiness is lost and the label/tape comes right off.
The stickiness can return when the tape/label cools.
Acetone soak to rid the coins of the residue.
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Pillar of the Community
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800 Posts |
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I'd like to hear the story behind this. How old is it? Got it for our 25th anniversary (big party). It's about 19 years old. Still together and married. |
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United States
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You know I like it.  Since this is a personal item, something you actually received on your anniversary, then I would leave it as-is.  However, for future reference, if anyone bought something like this at a yard sale or the like, then I agree with Garycrant that "Alpha2814 + Debrajc = best all-around solution."  |
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Posted 02/22/2017 7:58 pm
