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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1575667, member: 4626"]Submitting some of my modern proofs for grading mainly because am tired of having to open the original packaging to look at them (and well a little curious as to how they'll grade).  I had 9 to submit... to get the "Modern" service from ANACS (so only had to pay $10 per coin for grading) needed a 10th, so I threw in a 1989-S Kennedy half I found in circulation a few years ago.  The details still look nice (can't see much if any wear), but handling caused the fields to lose most of their mirrored effect, and there are a few noticeable fingerprints.  Anyway question is, do TPGs regard fingerprints on a coin as a "problem" (like being damaged, cleaned, etc.) or do they just mark down the grade?  Just curious, and this coin won't be worth the grading fee even if it was a PF-70 (which it isn't) but was worth throwing in just to lower the average fee per coin for the other 9 (my guess is this is why a lot of coins worth less than their grading fee get slabbed in the first place).  But was just wondering how fingerprints affect the grade; whether it's considered a "problem" or just lowers the grade by a few points. P.S.  May end up with a condition rarity lol... doubt many handled modern proofs get slabbed by TPGs.[/QUOTE]