Sacakawea dollar 2000 d thumb print really exists

I was reading last night and of course even with history who can ever find the article.... One of the very wise among us said' "i have never seen the sac with a trhumb print coin and have only heard rumors of it a couple times." well this made me pull it out of my collection of error coins and it not only has a thumb print it has three. One over her head one over the babys head and one on the reverse in the sky above the eagle. They are not on the coin they are in the coin its self. I write to ask if its true no one has seen this variety ? I have had this coin some years now and am as fond of it but curious as to its value if known to anyone ? Then to if it has yet to be found who could say what its value is.

 

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Wow! What a rarity! Col. Sanders greasy thumb print Sac's! A whole new variety to collect! I'm gonna bust out all my sac's and check too.........:devil:

 

Welcome to the neighborhood, Rusty!

I'm assuming that you are suggesting that the fingerprints were etched into the dies before the coin was struck, but I think this would be next to impossible. For one thing, it takes time for the skin oils to etch themselves into the metal, and the die steel is very hard.

I think what you have is a coin in which the skin oils have eaten into the surface of the coin after someone had left their fingerprints on it, and this would not be considered an error.

Chris

 

Sacakawea coins are very rare, especially with a thumbprint.

 

I HAVE HAd it around for some years. and never gave it a lot of thoight untilli was reading an article and a person who knows really knows error copins said in an after thought way that he had never seen one with a finger print and had only heard rumors of it. its not a rumor as the pictures show. nor is it some after minting process where grease was left on the coin and ate into it, you see it still has the finish over the prints and grease didn't seep down through one of the three layers and .....THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEED BACK.

 

Chris i to thought like you but when i put it under the scope it is easy to see the finish is solid and intact. No grease can sink under the top layer and raise these prints with out distrubing the top layer. This coin is clean its not broken through but i accept your take on this and it motivates me to send it on to be graded. Thank you

 

Please let us know what the grading service says about the fingerprint. (Prepare yourself to be disappointed that what you have is a common coin with fingerprints, not a rarity.)

 

I love Sacakawea. And the thumbprints make it worth a definite dollar!

 

I truly hope that you won't be wasting your money having it graded, but I doubt it. Please let us know the outcome. Whether I'm right or wrong, it is information like this that can benefit others.

Chris

 

Spender.

Welcome to the forum.

 

Hi back to you one and all. I am trying to learn the system here at coin talk so bare with me if i seem ignorant. I replied and yet am not sure if i sent it or it was errassed. I am more of a mind that the mint was playing around with rinses long before they admit they were and someone there touched the coin while it was still wet and left these prints. I agree it is a waste of money to send it to pcgs but can't figure a way to defeinitively resolve this question of mine. I will keep you posted i promise and thank you one and all for your feed back and may your pickin be blessed with wonderful and rare finds.

 

Apparently you do not understand the minting process. Planchets are washed and dried before they are struck into coins. The Mint does not rinse coins after they have been struck.