Fingerprints On A Coin

I have seen a few PCGS MS66 with visible fingerprints on it.

 

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Here is one
http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=27123&Lot_No=12079&src=pr

 

never touch a new uncirculated or proof coin. never open any case or capsule. never buy any coin from a dealer. just buy it from the mint and keep it with silica gel. that is very simple.

 

WHAT WOULD IT HAVE GRADED , DO YOU THINK, IF THERE WASN'T A FINGER PRINT ENGRAVED ON IT. I'VE SEEN SO MANY CENTS LIKE THAT , THAT I THINK IT'S DELIBERATE SOMETIMES.============zg

 

I don't think the fingerprint will affect the grade at all based on my experience with the following coin.



Fingerprint=MS69

 

Wow, I would have never thought of it being MS69. So regardless of anything else on a coin besides gouges and wear, a coin sbhould grade well like yours? zg

 

Wow very nice! Never saw a toned ASE like that!

 

Kill the thread no more posts!

 

send print to the crime lab

Send the print to the crime lab & post the names of all the Bozos at CT.

A fingerprint can lower the grade just like carbon spots, nicks, etc. If it is large & detracting, then it will lower the grade a large & detracting amount. Some prints can appear after the coin is slabbed. One or two points can easily come off the grade. I have seen many dollars that were slabbed after deliberate thumbing. They look *!#&”%awful in the slabs now. If the surface gets eaten away beyond market acceptable limits, then it could even no-grade.

You could talk with NCS about removing a fingerprint. Don't get your hopes up.

Very best regards,
collect89

 

I can't convince the mint to sell me any Liberty cap or draped bust large cents. What would you suggest.

 

Condor, I am having the same dang problem. Them clowns will not let me buy any Large Cents or Bust Halves.. what is this world coming to.. LOL..