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Valued Member
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Ya it will be fun,no high value coins will be hurt just commons,I'll take pictures as I go but won't post any failures,just if I can get it correctly,I have 5 coins in Lucite and will try a few things.
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Moderator
 United States
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Good luck and remember to PROTECT YOUR EYES!  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow 1983, Do you has a good insurance LOL.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow 1983, Do you has a good insurance LOL. Thats beaker from the muppets, a older tv show popular in 1983. Id probably start with the freeze and hammer approach since that has been proven to work. You can always try acetone but thats a thick block and not like the acrylic nails. Heres a list of some plastics acetone works on (or doesn't) for its usage. Cast acrylic might dissolve. https://www.millerplastics.com/how-...in-plastics/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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methylene chloride, toluene, tetrahydrofuran, cellusolve and methyl ethyl ketone
The Lucite it is an acrylic polimer. Before try others I will go with acetone. I has an 20$ gold on Lucite and I took out and I has now in MS 66. Took little more then one month in acetone but was worth.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here's a solution. Send it to me, I'll pay full postage plus fifty cents. Then I'll post a video of me throwing this stupid thing into Lake Michigan.
Seriious offer, I am not kidding.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Here's a solution. Send it to me, I'll pay full postage plus fifty cents. Then I'll post a video of me throwing this stupid thing into Lake Michigan.
Seriious offer, I am not kidding. I like it when you get all warm and fuzzy. -makecents-
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@ Coinfrog : I will put my self in the mail. You receive me and please drop me in your backyard not in cold water plese. I know my experiments can blow up your house but will be for a nobel cause of science. We had a deal?
@ Make: Could be fuzzy now, but maybe the clouds will dispersed.
Edited by silviosi
12/29/2023 9:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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OP (1983) - Just PM me for shipping address and we'll get this done.  Edited by Coinfrog
12/29/2023 9:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a solution. Send it to me, I'll pay full postage plus fifty cents. Then I'll post a video of me throwing this stupid thing into Lake Michigan.
Seriious offer, I am not kidding. Quote:
Ya it will be fun,no high value coins will be hurt just commons,I'll take pictures as I go but won't post any failures,just if I can get it correctly,I have 5 coins in Lucite and will try a few things. Coinfrog and everyone - He already knows its not a valuable coin and says he has 5 coins in lucite so thats why I suggested to go ahead and try the freeze and hammer method which works right away but can be messy. Yes the acetone can work but silviosi even just confirmed as I thought that it would take awihle, not like those acrylic nails. A month! It is good to know sometimes by others what works and what doesn't, so those like dearborn don't further blow themselves up later experimenting like beaker above  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@ DATA: DEAR deny my offer. Lol
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Valued Member
Canada
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My first try wil be to remove most of the Lucite with a hacksaw as close to the coin as I can I'll be able to see through and where I'm cutting then around the outside diameter of the edge till just a bit away,then soak it and see if it will split in 2,maybe leave the bottom half a bit thick so I can put it in a vise,I'll try a few thing I have a bunch of cheap penny ones here to experiment with.
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Forum Dad
United States
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When you start sawing it will melt from the heat and gum up the blade into a gooey mess. Acetone does nothing to acrylic.
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