I have 2 different sets of Gios/"Italian nickles"in my colection, The earlier version of the coin was made of metal, the later ones plastic.
The plastic ones were always hard to remove at repaint time, but I learned a
trick way to remove them.
I would take my air hose w/ a rubber tipped blow gun attached and press it
against the vent hole in the fork blade, squeeze the button and it would
usually remove it. While doing this I would hold my thumb over the coin so I
wouldn't loose it, and this also prevented the coin from breaking in half if
part of it was stuck, and part was loose...
Maybe this will help one of you someday at repaint time.
Peter Weigle
Lyme, Ct.