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How Is The Best Way To Get This 1971-D Kennedy Out Of Lucite.

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 Posted 12/27/2023  11:57 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add 1983 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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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 Posted 12/28/2023  12:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not seeing any error or varieties here. Looks normal so far. Maybe try soaking it in pure Acetone?
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Really,you don't see the "halo" and huge Cud by the mouth.
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It's not an error. Probably air bubbles as stated. I would suggest studying about the actual minting process. It will help you out. https://www.usmint.gov/learn/produc...n-production

For errors: https://www.error-ref.com

For varieties: https://www.doubleddie.com

As for it being in lucite, I am not sure how you can get it out without damaging the coin.
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 Posted 12/28/2023  12:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NumismaticsFTW to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There is no errors on this Coin.
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 Posted 12/28/2023  12:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nfine to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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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 Posted 12/28/2023  12:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Halo1st to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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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@1983, sorry but those look like air bubbles to me too—not mint errors.
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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.
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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.
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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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I wonder if you froze it with dry ice and then wrapped it and hammered it what would happen?
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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.
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 Posted 12/28/2023  07:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 1983 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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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Good grief, can it possdibly be worth such a fuss? Certainly not an error coin.
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Why bother? It's a common coin worth 50 cents.
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