Why aren't fingerprints considered as damage by TPGs?

TPG's need to use gloves there's no reason not to

 

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I strongly suspect that most fingerprints haven't shown when a TPG is handling a coin.
Fingerprints are slow to appear.
I bet their appearance (and the damage) occurs months (years?) after the coin has been slabbed.

 

I can see fingerprints developing on plain edged coins, especially on proofs.

 

Actually, you are lucky they don't. Too many coins got dropped.
Besides, 95% of us don't use gloves - we have learned to hold coins by their edge. Finally, just because TPGS's don't use gloves does not mean they do not treat your coins "with kid gloves."

Absolutely correct! Many coins spot and stain after they are graded because many of the submitters "play" with their coins before sending them it!

That's because the edges get touched.

 

Plenty of reason not to, most of them involving the loss of manual dexterity and the chance of scratching the surfaces. You won't catch me dead handling a coin with gloves.

 

Not you too. PLEASE DON'T.

 

You guys HAVE to be a fun couple.

 

I think Doug likes posts but then quickly unlikes them so it's no longer visible but the poster still sees it in their notifications. He's a ghost liker. Just a theory

 

Oh com-on, give Little Big Money one tiny little LIKE, just one little click...

 

Good luck with that

 

She's a dreamer...LOL.

 

Can WE do that? On two occasions I gave a like and then decided not to. I generally treat "likes" as "I agree" or "good info."

 

Oh God. No, no we cannot insider. It's reserved for mods only

 

I have an awesome fingerprint coin in mint cello. Best fingerprint coin I've ever seen. I'll try to dig it up. It's perfect eye candy for this thread. A real lemonade coin

 

So, if I check "like" on a member's postand then check "unlike" - nothing registers and the member's post does not show I ever gave a like at all.

I just tried it a few times with your post #36.

 

If there was an old classic, key date coin in high grade but with a fingerprint, I'd want it to grade straight. The microscopic alteration to the surface won't advance much more over the centuries, but it's not to say you got a major eye sore. It's similar to a scratch in that both are eye sores, but I guess the scratch is less superficial in damage. I'd consider finger prints unsightly toning above anything else