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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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After soaking the coin in acetone I can tell everyone that what's stuck to the coin is not glue residue! The feedback I got stated it looked like glue residue stuck to the coin with the memorial from the reverse from another coin stuck to it. Well I can definitely tell everybody it's not glue as first thought, it's actually metal shards with the memorial image pressed in to the coin. It weighed 2.51 grams before and after the soaking in acetone    Thankyou for taking the time to look at this. Respect and love ,Alun
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Dearborn , what shall I do with this coin? Is it worth sending off? Cheers love ,Alun
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 United States
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That is a hard assumption to put on me. You have the coin in hand, the images you posted are not ideal to trouble shoot from afar. Should you grade this coin - Well if I say yes, and you do and don't get the evaluation you want or expect, you will blame me for getting you to waste your money on it. BUT if I say no, I don't think it is worth the cost of grading - you still may get mad at me for dissuading you from something you feel strongly about. When it comes to grading, it is a personal choice, my opinion is of no consequence here.
But that all said - In My Opinion - if this coin was in my hands and I owned it, no, I would not turn it in, not without first getting a professional inspection from one of your local coin store experts.
Edited by Dearborn 03/01/2023 08:28 am
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Maybe Mike would like to see it? The "glue" might be "epoxy" and acetone does not remove epoxy. John1 
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Oh dearborn I didn't mean to make you feel torn like that, I'm sorry if it put pressure on you that waS obviously not my intention and pleased you responded in yhat professional manner. You are correct in everything you said to me.
Jon1 The coin in question has metal shards on it probably copper as its identical in colour and feel. If you run your finger over the area you can feel the raised metallic parts. Looking at the image carefully you can see a shadow under its rim. Thanks for the suggestion though mate, respect and love Alun
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just glue on the coin. Worth only one cent. It is visible below.
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@User1975: Quote: I didn't mean to make you feel torn like that, I'm sorry if it put pressure on you Don't worry about it. I'm just fine. Being politically correct is very difficult at times. I'm still recovering from 2 users here that took great offense to some of the good and honest advice here. So in order to explain myself very clearly, I tried to see both sides of the cost of grading it without proper examination. I still think that a LCS (local coin store) operator should have a look at it before you send it in anywhere.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Try soaking in water. If the glue is water based, water will take it off.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I still say glue or something like glue. Not all glues will be dissolved by acetone. There is just no way a coin could be struck like this, if there were random pieces of metal on the planchet they would be pressed into the coin during striking, and how could images of the reverse come to be on them? Do some research on the minting process and see if you can find any way this could happen. Take what information you get on it and make your decision what to do about it.
Edited by lcutler 03/02/2023 04:46 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Note the area is seen through. Just like you would see on an Elmer's glue separated coins.
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