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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2796001, member: 19463&quot;]This thread needs a coin picture.&nbsp; This is not my finest work but it is my only coin that I believe shows a human fingerprint.&nbsp; It is strongest at reverse upper right.&nbsp; Now, is this the result of being handled by a modern coin cleaner with acid on his fingers or a Roman so uncultured that he did not know he was ruining my coin?&nbsp; I generally handle coins by the edges because it is easier to see them when they are not covered by your fingers.&nbsp; I own very few coins that have surfaces so clean that they have not met greasy human skin.&nbsp; Of the bunch, this is the only one that can prove it was fingered.&nbsp; </p><p>Septimius Severus, ARdenarius, Emesa mint, MART VICTOR, Mars walks right</p><p>[ATTACH=full]650478[/ATTACH] </p><p>If any of you can identify the person who made this fingerprint, please let me know. Until I learn otherwise my fantasy is that the print belongs to Caracalla and is made of the blood of Geta.&nbsp; Thousands of Tribute Penny owners like to think their coin might have been the one handled by Jesus.&nbsp; How is my Geta&#039;s blood idea so much more ridiculous?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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