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SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 05/06/2013 9:23 pm I can only get the reverse cap off... the obverse cap remains a challenge. I have placed a bookmark, obverse up, in a sunny window sill for about year now - it is turning yellow. I am hoping to get enough UV light degradation to have the cap come off... might take another year or two yet... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 05/06/2013 10:18 pm I did a loonie covered in the same stuff that came out of one of those credit card sized cards. Had to boil it longer than I expected and then suddenly it went soft and came off. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9870 Posts	Posted 05/06/2013 10:36 pm Two years later,and I still haven't tried the pressure cooker method as suggested by ugly,lest I ruin my last bookmark quarter. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
barriecarson Valued Member Canada 370 Posts	Posted 05/07/2013 8:05 pm SPP, if you are able to remove the reverse cap, could you not just pry the obverse off? I guess the biggest challenge would be not damaging the proof finish. I would thing that if the plastic was soft enough that the coin could just be popped out. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 05/07/2013 8:51 pm For that proof loon, there are two different types of plastics used, for each side... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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