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Good luck and remember I'm just another guitarist on the internet, so I might be talking well-meant rubbish.
Do what BillDL said. If you really can’t push it out from inside using a coin - and you can use a huge amount of force if you also hold down the bridge from the outside with your other hand so you aren’t stressing the top - then try to remove the ball end from the inside. After that it’s unlikely you won’t be able to push it out. Sometimes they are really stuck, but I’ve never not been able to eventually get one out like that.
The only times I’ve ever had to drill the pin out is when idiots have superglued the pins in (yes really!) because they don’t understand how the system works, and get frustrated when the pin pops out because they’ve got the ball resting on the end of it instead of pushed to the side.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
How to stop strings pulling bridge pins up out of the hole and a way to help you ensure the string ball end is well seated against the bridge plate:
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But the same approach - learn a simple manual trick and it will never give you bother again, without modifying the guitar or needing fancy new bits...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein