Know anybody who does professional coin repair?
lordmarcovan
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I recently bought this 1864 half dollar love token with an obvious Civil War association.
I love the engraving. The downside is, it's got that ugly pinback mount residue on it.
I have a hunch this could be removed, however, and if you look closely you'll see one of the stars peeking out from under one of the built-up old mounting places.
Presumably with some heat and careful tooling, this ugly residue could be removed, and even if the underlying detail were not totally salvageable, it would certainly look better without those anthill- or volcano-like mounds there, wouldn't you say? Even if the old mount places were smoothed off and the coin retoned there, it would probably look better.
Obviously we're not having to worry about whether the coin will ever grade at a TPG, so a little doctoring or cleaning will not hurt it any further (if done correctly), and may actually improve it.
What do you think? What could I expect to pay for such work? Know anybody?
I love the engraving. The downside is, it's got that ugly pinback mount residue on it.
I have a hunch this could be removed, however, and if you look closely you'll see one of the stars peeking out from under one of the built-up old mounting places.
Presumably with some heat and careful tooling, this ugly residue could be removed, and even if the underlying detail were not totally salvageable, it would certainly look better without those anthill- or volcano-like mounds there, wouldn't you say? Even if the old mount places were smoothed off and the coin retoned there, it would probably look better.
Obviously we're not having to worry about whether the coin will ever grade at a TPG, so a little doctoring or cleaning will not hurt it any further (if done correctly), and may actually improve it.
What do you think? What could I expect to pay for such work? Know anybody?
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92o micro o barber half thread, rise from your grave....
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I have a few pin back love tokens where the pin had met a similar fate.
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He can also fill holes and re-engrave the design in the repaired area. His services may cost more than your coin is worth.
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92o micro o barber half thread, rise from your grave....
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Too bad the search engine sux so bad, or I'd resurrect it (or at least read it)...
Before and after of the coin HERE:
The original thread HERE:
I'll bet I can't afford that guy, but I'll shoot him an email nonetheless.
Dang that Barber is incredible!!!
I'll second that
We used these to remove solder from circuit boards.
Basically, use a solder iron to heat the solder, put the solder sucker right beside it, and trigger it, and it sucks up solder.
It would take a while with those globs, so a Dremmel might be in order to knock it down a bit.
Here is a link to using the tool:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=...HrCKlWxX3bY5qsRM0ttpvw
The original thread HERE:
ty sir.
havent had much spare time/energy recently. figured someone else would enjoy linking it and a stellar job you did.
added:
dont suppose you have the link to the 1916 5c ddo s.b. thread/coin. i think it was holed/plugged or something and still brought a princely sum.
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There is a tool called a solder sucker.
We used these to remove solder from circuit boards.
Basically, use a solder iron to heat the solder, put the solder sucker right beside it, and trigger it, and it sucks up solder.
It would take a while with those globs, so a Dremmel might be in order to knock it down a bit.
Here is a link to using the tool:
https://www.google.com/url?......lWxX3bY5qsRM0ttpvw
If you are going to use a solder sucker and dremel tool, might as well go all in!!!
If you are going to use a solder sucker and dremel tool, might as well go all in!!!
a mint worker "polishing" clashing from a die after a bad night with the wife and kids, all 17 of them.
i figure this is the method employeed that gave is 3AM3.
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As pointed out in the BST post, that looks like a pontoon bridge, inside a star shaped fort. I bet the piece belonged to an engineer. After Cold Harbor, Grant had his engineers build a pontoon bridge across the James River, an impressive feat at the time. Maybe this commemorates it. (Interestingly, a cedar tree seen in photos taken of the bridge still stands at the southern terminus.)
Thanks for this info. I was thinking along similar lines, but didn't get so far as searching up which specific campaigns where pontoon bridges had been used.
There is a tool called a solder sucker.
We used these to remove solder from circuit boards.
Basically, use a solder iron to heat the solder, put the solder sucker right beside it, and trigger it, and it sucks up solder.
It would take a while with those globs, so a Dremmel might be in order to knock it down a bit.
Here is a link to using the tool:
https://www.google.com/url?......lWxX3bY5qsRM0ttpvw
Thanks!
BTW, I emailed the guy who did the Barber half repair discussed above. The email bounced and came back with an automated reply that he no longer used that service, because it was untrustworthy. (The same service, I might add, which provides my satellite Internet connect at home. He's right- they suck.) I forwarded the message to his new email address but thus far have gotten no reply. I suspect I can't afford him anyway, but it's worth asking.