fingerprints?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by willhurst01, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. willhurst01

    willhurst01 Active Member

    how do you remove fingerprints from a coin without using accetone?
     
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  3. Kirkuleez

    Kirkuleez 80 proof

    I wouldn't try any other way, acetone is the way to go.
     
  4. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor Supporter

    If you can see the fingerprint, acetone won't help. You would have to dip it if silver, live with it if copper or CuNi.

    Acetone works well before the fingerprint etches into the metal, but you can't really see it then, so you have to make a judgment.
     
  5. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Sandblaster, Grinder etc.

    If it hasn't etched the surface yet and you don't want to use acetone then iso-propanol (rubbing alcohol) find a bottle with the highest alcohol content you can. 91% is going to be about the highest you'll find. (It absorbs water and even water vapor out of the air so readily that anything over 95% is practically impossible.)
     
  6. silverfool

    silverfool Active Member

    you just live with it if it's been there a while. I have an '09vdb in a pcgs64 holder with 1 plain print on the right of lincoln. i think it's cool. probably from the first guty to hold the coin back then.
     
  7. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Or from the last guy to hold it before it was slabbed. :)
     
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