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The other side of the coin

This coin came to me through my wife's family. They were wealthy before the Revolution, and managed to keep some of their valuables hidden through the early confiscatory stages of the Soviet state, and subsequently through the Siege of Leningrad. My wife's great grandmother had this piece mounted on a silver chain. The chain has been lost. I have no idea what is involved in "restoring" the edge. In this condition, an unmolested example of this coin would retail between $2500 and $4000. Does anyone know if these mounts can be removed and what can I hope to price the coin at if I want to sell it? (we are selling some valuables to help pay our son's college expenses.) Am I nuts to try selling this on eBay? (I have other pictures, but there's a limit to how much I can upload.)