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Help With ?solder Removeal

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 Posted 01/27/2011  7:46 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add collectall to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm not sure if this is the right forum. here it is anyway.this coin came off a pin.It looks like solder.Is there any way to take the solder off?Low heat maybe?
(There was 2 coins attached to the pin.This one 1942 and the other one 1943 with the solder on the obverse)Is it just a lost cause?Thanks all for ANY responses.

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01/27/2011 7:54 pm
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 Posted 01/27/2011  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Meldercat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lost cause. Heat and metal are a bad combination.
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 Posted 01/27/2011  9:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add svslav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't think you can "save" it. But those are fairly common and it shouldn't be a problem to replace it. Just know when you dispose of it that the coin is .5000 silver.
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 Posted 01/27/2011  9:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add collectall to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all. The coins didn't cost anything so it is no big deal.I just thought there might be a solution. Thanks again for your response and time.I did learn something tho,(as I always do on this forum)
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