Nordle11

Do a bit of googling in that case, a jeweller should be able to remove the mounts and excess solder, it just won't be as pretty as a fully restored coin. Will be cheaper and much quicker though.

Here's the thread The guy's name is Alan Stockton, you can see in that thread an example that he's done for a member here. Very impressive. The price actually didn't seem all that bad either..

Welcome to the forum Das. It is possible to remove the soldered parts, it is also possible to restore them fully. It depends on what you're doing with them, if you're making a quick buck then just sell them, if you bought them cheaper than melt. If you want to restore fully, it's probably going to cost you more than the value of the 2 of them. There's a thread here somewhere, I'll find a link. From what I remember, the guy takes a good 6 months to a year for a full restoration.

Yeah can do, the only way I can think to do it is just to group all similar links into one post, then the next group the the next post etc. I'll add it to the to-do list.

http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/ Sort of price guide, but good for browsing. Has lots of pictures too.

Definitely agree and also think you paid a very good price too.

Hi Steve, so sorry, left work and haven't been near a computer all weekend. Here is the coin in question..

Hi Steve and welcome. We'll need pictures ideally, but I'll pm you my email and put one up for you. You should still be able to post directly from your tablet, however if the picture is over 500kb it will be a pain reducing the size if you're not a computer.

Hahahahahaha *takes a breath* hahahahaha. Bit expensive.

of course

Would've been good but have a meeting in half hour Good to use the chat then too

Not a problem, hope you find what you're looking for.

No problem, it's a slow day at work sorry that wasn't the right one.

There is also one example in the British museum as per this PDF. Search for '76' and the info is there. Seems to me that you're going to struggle to find a value and that you will get quoted wildly different prices (if you're selling the coin that is), because it's pretty rare.

A quote from an article; From here. This was published last year and the person who has written it is a collector of these. He has also left his email at the bottom of that page, perhaps it would be helpful to get in touch with him and see if he has anymore information?

Here's more info for you. Seems like it's probably too rare a coin to have much info on value, unless you can find old auctions. Link

I tell them 'just a minute he's right here, I'll get him for you', then leave the phone on the side and carry on with whatever I'm doing until they're gone.

He, funny place to land! I'd go die wear too, unless you can find some design specs!

I do see just one rivet on the 2007

That's some good coining right there, Brian. Keep it going!

I want to clarify, I would send the coin back if I was buying the coin from the picture and received the coin OP has, because the price (I am assuming) was based on PCGS photos which definitely improve the overall look and state of the coin and therefore the value. The actual coin itself is, as everyone says, stunning and a keeper if there's not much in it between the 2 then no matter.

Meow. Hsss.

Do as they say and not as they do seems the rule there. I mean they do look at coins in a LOT of detail so could be something we can't see with the naked eye? I don't know, but IMO a coin with die wipe lines on should definitely grade higher than a coin cleaned by someone outside of the mint if the actual grades are exactly the same.

For what it's worth, I think your pictures convey the actual coins very well and would much prefer seeing them as they are than with the 'improvement' filter applied

I'm in agreement with azda, it'll probably cost you less too as Atlas do seem to be in the upper echelons of the pricing band.