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Valued Member
Canada
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I bought this paperweight because of the coin inside,it's looks like a cool error coin I don't think their air bubbles so I want to take it out and read all kinds of ways to do it but thought someone here has done it and can advise me,thanks. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74095 Posts |
I'm not seeing any error or varieties here. Looks normal so far. Maybe try soaking it in pure Acetone?
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
 Canada
139 Posts |
Really,you don't see the "halo" and huge Cud by the mouth.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74095 Posts |
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys 12/28/2023 01:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2281 Posts |
There is no errors on this Coin.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3469 Posts |
I can't imagine how you could possibly get that coin out of a block of Lucite without significant damage occurring.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2775 Posts |
I would prefer seeing the whole paper weight before suggesting anything. My first thought if encased in polyurethane or a similar material, was possible trapped air bubbles. Thanks, Doug.
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Moderator
 United States
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@1983, sorry but those look like air bubbles to me too—not mint errors.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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There have been many threads here on the CCF regarding removing coins from Lucite paperweights etc. It can be done, but everyone who has undertaken that task said that it's not something they'd do a second time. And that was for silver coins. Those are just bubbles by your Kennedy half - not errors on the coin. The time and effort you'd expend removing it would not be worth the 50˘ you'd get out. I have a paperweight enclosing a 1958 mint set, and in the Lucite they'll be staying. 
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
Edited by HondoB 12/28/2023 12:58 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I haved 4 like this. I test on one. Results: Disaster. I have laboratory, everything I need to recondition BUT: what they use is kill coins. I took out, Ok. Look correct in the begin then the mass comeout. They use cynide glue which go structural in the coin and onece it is in the air or air interferences it is the begin of the end of the coin.
the other three sets I keep for a crazy buyer at a very chip price. I am not a seller but one day I have to sel something behind the gold.
Edited by silviosi 12/28/2023 01:19 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I found a similar set of 1967 Canadian coins from 1c to 25c in a paperweight at a flea market. The lucite was badly scratched and the coins cost me less than face value. I wrapped the block in a rag and hit it several times with a hammer. I got the quarter (the coin I needed for my collection) out without any noticeable damage. I can't remember what the dime was like. The cent and nickel were both quite scratched but I didn't need them for my collection and they went into my spending money for my next trip to Canada. I wouldn't recommend breaking up one of these paperweights, but for a coin worth only face value you're not going to lose anything.
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Moderator
 United States
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I wonder if you froze it with dry ice and then wrapped it and hammered it what would happen? John1 
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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John1, I recall someone using liquid nitrogen with that approach. The item must be wrapped securely as shards fly when it shatters. But pieces still remained attached to the coin that had to be laboriously removed. It's just not worth the time, supplies, and effort.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I'm going to give it a try when it arrives just for an experiment,it now looks to me since the cooments here it's not an error coin so hurting the coin is now no big deal,I'll post the progress here,just researching now the best way to go at it,dry ice is supposed to be the best first step then a month in acetone,I now(my opinion LOL) think those spots are drops of Lucite that partially dried in globs before it was lowered into the full Lucite,the guy hasnt mail it yet so I'm working on a few more pics.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good grief, can it possdibly be worth such a fuss? Certainly not an error coin.
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Moderator
 United States
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Why bother? It's a common coin worth 50 cents.
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