Silver dollar is stuck in a bezel - any help is appreciated
oilers99
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Greetings,
I'm trying to free this silver dollar from its holder without damaging it. There are two small holes 180* apart but nothing else to work with. Any tips from the crowd? Thanks.
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It could be glued or even soldered in place.
A damaged common date that is not worth the effort. Just sell it and move on.
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My thoughts exactly. 30 - 40 bucks on a good example and then you can experiment and find out. Please post pictures. My thoughts we’re mineral oil but maybe a careful dremel cutting disk. Good luck 😁
Freezing causes metal to contract but I don’t think enough to help
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Not worth the effort to remove it.
Oh yah , Oilers99, please don’t hold a coin like that. By the edges please
To me it’s similar to fingernails on a chalkboard 😁
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Thanks for the feedback. I know that it is a common date. Would any dealer buy it as is, and would they discount it a bit since it's stuck in a holder? Thanks.
Take a hammer to the edge and see if she cracks
To me that's a bezel coin now. I'd try to use it or sell it as a coin that's ready for use in jewelry, etc.
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Try tapping the bezel with a hammer, then compressed air.
Don't bother and yes, never hold a coin by anything but it's edges. Fingerprints can ruin a coin in a matter of weeks.
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either heavily damaged surfaces......
OR
she may be a counterfeit.........
just looks to mushy to me
Sounds like you really want to free that coin. It's okay to have some fun. Freeze it first, overnight, then gently tap the rim of the bezel. It's only coming out in one direction. Good luck. Peace Roy
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Fingerprints aren't going to hurt that coin.
That metal frame is bent down over the coin. Would need to be cut and you could not do it without damaging the coin further. Don't bother.
The two places for attaching the bezel to a chain appear to be broken off.
Use a can opener.
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I think this is more the situation. Is the bezel silver or non-silver? If silver it should add to weight. If not might cut it off if your only looking to sell for spot.
Have the bezel checked with one of them new fangled metal analysis gizmos and if silver just ( if scraping) sell it as is. Weight is good. 😁
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I would sell it for melt at some shop or dealer at a show. Not worth the work involved. Cheers, RickO
Use it to mark your golf ball on the green.
Good conversation piece.
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Take it to a local jeweler, and get their opinion on it. A jeweler was probably the person that put it in a bezel for the previous owner. They may have had a request like this before and might know how to free the peace dollar from the bezel with only minimal damage.
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Perhaps you could send it to Bezel Fawlty?
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Why throw good money after bad? THe jeweler is not going to work for free.
I know these bezels. They are very difficult to get the coin out of, and the coin is already ruined. Keep it as it, or sell it to a poker player who wants something heavy to hold his cards down or whatever they do in poker nowadays.
@CaptHenway It was just a suggest if he is determined to remove the bezel. You've got a good idea with the paper weight. I would give it to a golfer as a ball marker.
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Or boil it
PLIERS! Grab opposite edges and bend!
Can't hurt the thing.
I'm not sure why we're still talking about this. 🤔
The coin is scrap as a numismatic collectable. The bezel is probably sterling.
Either sell the whole thing at melt, or repurpose the whole thing again as jewelry or a belt buckle or other trinket, as is.
Perhaps its a candidate for the railroad tracks. We’ve got an active railway in town and the freight trains 3 times a day. Placement is critical to getting a proper flattening. The kids here do it for sport but say anything larger than a quarter is tough to get to remain on the rail. I’ve heard reports of putting the coin in a heavy duty baggy and taping the outer edges to the track but not covering the coin. The plastic peels off nicely and results are good. I saw an Ike $ done like this and it was a good job of kinda equal pressure 😁
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These bezels are not silver.
Bezel, bezel, how could they know?
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i just about made the post but realized you said you didn't have the before/after pics BUT it did draft my quote of your post but i didn't submit but NOW have the draft to go ahead and enter. yippie!
Thanks for that Lance! I just don't know what I did or what happened to that post. Gremlins or most likely operator ERROR on my part! Thanks!!
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np. it was just random good fortune to have worked out that way. a lot of times i don't submit a post but it saves the draft.
for the future, any important or lengthy post, ctrl+a then ctrl+c (if windows) before editing or submitting a post. don't count on the forum software. for REALLY important posts, copy it and paste into notepad or whatever.
editing the posts is where the error is occurring 99% of the time. we leave 1% for the tech people or mods deleting posts or just random tech problems no one causes or can prevent.
Yep, roger that! 👍🏻 👍🏻 Thanks for the assist Lance! Glad my post is out there. Like I said; I feel better now!! 😂 🤣
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )