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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: Bigjackfish on February 07, 2016, 03:42:00 PM

Title: Bear Coin
Post by: Bigjackfish on February 07, 2016, 03:42:00 PM

I have a 1962 Bear Polar ,the coin is pewter and what looks like black paint on it.Most of the black is missing I have been kicking around the idea of refinishing the bow.I would like to refinish the coin to original ,would a refinish hurt the value of the bow if I wanted to sell some where down the road.

Title: Re: Bear Coin
Post by: damascusdave on February 07, 2016, 04:59:00 PM

The Polar line has never been all that popular with collectors so a refinish will not likely hurt the value in the least...those pewter coins are a bit of a mystery to me...as you say it appears that all but the raised bear and the outside edge are painted black...interestingly enough the best one I have ever seen is on my late model 1961 Kodiak

DDave

Title: Re: Bear Coin
Post by: Bigjackfish on February 07, 2016, 06:22:00 PM

Could you post a pic of your 61 Kodiak coin

Title: Re: Bear Coin
Post by: warpedarrow on February 09, 2016, 06:51:00 AM

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=006831

There is a good picture of the painted coin in this thread