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Remove gilding from rare silver coin

February 11, 2009

Can someone please tell me how to remove the gilding from a silver half crown? The gilding has made the coin worthless to any collector who would pay £160.00 without it!
I inherited this coin from my grandfather as part of a large collection and I now wish to sell it rather than throw it away.
There may be many collectors who would be interested in the answer to this problem, probably meaning a visit to a plating shop.

Frederick Clennett
possible client - Coventry, West Midlands, UK

What type of gilding ,can you send a picture.

Khair Shishani
aircraft maintenance - Al Ain, UAE
February 15, 2009

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