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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2897937, member: 31533&quot;]Fingerprints can affect and lower a grade. Uncirculated coins are MS60 - MS70. An uncirculated coin with a fingerprint can get above a MS65, but many coins that, without the fingerprint on it, would have gotten a MS66, likely will be held back from that. A coin above a MS60 has to have eye appeal factor into the grade, so yes, a fingerprint that makes the coin have less eye appeal can lower the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes they do affect the grading of the coin when it counts. It may, however not make a MS63 go down to a MS60, 61, or 62 just by virtue of it being on the coin. There are good grading books for coins, as well as other threads talking about fingerprints here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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