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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 864985, member: 22&quot;]I&#039;m about to commit some form of Numismatic crime myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin cabinet I bought 2 weeks ago for restoration, has 4 drawer knobs missing and 2 broken and glued on.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I saw it on ebay the knobs looked ivory or bone but they are actually 1930&#039;s plastic that has perished.</p><p><br /></p><p>I struggled to find 40 miniature drawer knobs of any sort to buy, even jewellry box drawer knobs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I had a brainwave.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have hundreds old sterling silver Threepence bits in my scrap bag awaiting smelting, they are exactly the same size as the drawer knobs.</p><p><br /></p><p>My intention is to solder a coin onto a tiny brass screw and fit them to the cabinet.</p><p>I will have Victoria on the top 3, Edward VII on next 4 and George V on the remainder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver coin pulls on a coin cabinet.</p><p>It can only add to the value<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Watch this space.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]197574[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]197575[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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