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Old November 10th 05, 06:40 PM
Cliff
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Default Removing baked enamel from coin

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:57:23 GMT, in (e) wrote:

In article . net, "spamnot" wrote:


Hello fellow collectors,
I have a nice quarter eagle that has the Indian painted and glossed over
with a baked enamel surface. Is there any effective way to easily remove
this without *too much* damage to the coin? The coin, in my opinion, is
already damaged due to the extra "artwork", but I would like to get it back
to the look of just gold without scraping the metal surfaces. Has anyone
ever encountered this or have any suggestions? Thanks in advance...


i did a silver eagle like that by soaking it carefully in
laquer thinner. but thats just a bullion coin.


My best suggestion would be to toss the painted/laquered coin up on
ebay and take the money from that sale and buy another quarter eagle
for your collection. There are people who collect coins of this type
and will pay good money for period pieces.
Don't take a chance on ruining it, sell it and buy a nice one.
Cliff

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