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"Payne and Son, Oxford" sticker - Remove?


Hi All. Sorry, I'm new and posted this question previously in the wrong forum.

Great site. I am very excited to join and explore.

My question is in regards to a Charle I Crown which I wanted to post. It has what I believe to be a few interesting aspects.

However, it has a Payne and Son, Oxford sticker in the middle of the reverse (as do a few other coins in my recently acquired collection). Can this sticker be removed? It shouldn't be left on there for any reason, should it?

The sticker has some hand writing on it, "oxford mint" and a # which I believe to be the grading.

Regards,
Tim
Boston, MA

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to the forum. I am not familiar with the sticker but just about everybody would probably recommend Acetone to remove anything from coin except luster and tarnish(Toning). image
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Any pictures?

    And yes, acetone or xylene (xylol) would probably remove the sticker.....the guy must not have had envelopes, eh?
  • Many thanks for the input. Pictures will follow shortly.

    Payne and Son is/was the dealer from whom many of these coins were purchased.
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    image to the forums, Converse image

    I agree ... acetone or xylene will remove the sticker without damaging the coin. Just soak it until it's loosened up, and don't rub it.
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  • Welcome Converse and good luck with removing the sticker.

    Looking forward to the pics!
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image Pictures please, we love picturesimage
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  • Thanks all! I am thrilled to have found you!

    Pictures posted. I started a new thread for the coin and the pics, in this same form.
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    The sticker has some hand writing on it, "oxford mint" and a # which I believe to be the grading.


    The # is actually the price that Payne was asking for this coin at that particular time,50 pounds. British grading is not numerical.
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    If the coin is lower grade and the sticker is old/neat looking I would leave it. I don't know anything about Payne and Son, but my advice is to let caution be your guide, you can always take it off later, but you can never put it back on.
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  • "you can always take it off later, but you can never put it back on. "


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