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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 5227289, member: 27832&quot;]I know a fingerprint in a field is distracting, but...</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the fascination of old coins is thinking &quot;who handled this, and what did they buy with it or sell for it?&quot; If you&#039;re thinking in <i>those</i> terms, what could be more evocative than an actual <i>fingerprint</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I know, we don&#039;t have records to map them to actual individuals. But as imaging and searching gets cheaper, I wonder if we <i>could</i> start to build up a set of historical fingerprints <i>matched with their owners</i>, from documents and artifacts? And if one of these big, ugly fingerprints on a coin should match a famous author or leader or inventor... <i>well!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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