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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bones-65, post: 8231717, member: 136030&quot;]I&#039;ve replaced a few Lincoln&#039;s in my collection that had finger prints etched into the surface. This is one key reasons for all the discussion&#039;s around proper cleaning (washing) of coins, this is one of the main reasons for so many high end collectors that uses GALLONS of PURE acetone. Of course this is a bigger concern with RAW or circulated coins. I see finger print etched coins on ebay all the time when I&#039;m searching for phony 09SVDB&#039;s.</p><p>A proper acetone WASH, or</p><p>A proper distilled water &amp; dawn wash &amp; rinse,</p><p>on RAW coins going into a collection can save a coin from finger print etching.</p><p>Handling your WASHED coins when your working with them and WASHING your hands in dawn just before handling your coins and wearing maybe some cotton gloves is a good idea too.</p><p>When I wash a coin that I value enough to put it in my collection, I DO NOT want to do anything or use anything that will change the color of the coin, or that could attack the surface of the metal of the coin.</p><p>Who doesn&#039;t want their collection of say RAW Lincoln&#039;s to be Brilliant Red, but if you don&#039;t get it that way, doing things to them to make them look that way because its cheaper can in the end make that coins far less value than left to the natural color it was when you got it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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