New trend in collecting?

Will "awesome finger print" coins replace "monster toning" coins as the new fad? Why or why not?

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Let’s hope not. I find a fingerprint very disturbing. It makes the coin look ugly and unattractive. Toning does not have that affect.

 

I am with @Collecting Nut. Most fingerprints are ugly and distracting. So far as I'm concerned, that 2020 cent is overpriced by $19.99.

 

Oh good lord....

 

I'm sure there is a collector for uit out there somewhere, I don't know about $20, but I'm sure someone will see it and think, "they that's cool, I'd buy that for $1.00 if the shipping is free!"

 

No.

 

Now that I think about it, most people like the toning but consider it damage. Wouldn’t fingerprints be a form of damage? They would to me.

 

Call AFIS.........we gotta throw a net over this guy.

 

I wouldn't buy a raw fingerprint like that. Too afraid I'd get a fake Chinese fingerprint.

 

Agree with your position in general but don't know about toning...might depend on the amount of toning and/or collector's likes, etc. For instance, some toning DOES have that effect for me...I hate too much toning, the "monster" and heavy psychedelic varieties are indeed ugly and unattractive to me, etc. A little and gentle toning is nice...some gold/amber near rims or champagne and even a bit of rainbow...but not too much, too heavy, etc. To each their own.

 

If artificially toned coins are a plague, partly because many of us cannot detect them, then a finger-printed coin is nothing more than a sniffle. Because artificially fingerprinting a coin is the easiest thing in the world to accomplish and detect- heck some of us do it without even meaning to.

 

Indeed my sentiments...the world is going to hades in a handbasket.

 

Unless it is Abe's fingerprint

 

Depends on whose fingerprint it is. If it is someone famous it would be similar to collecting autographs.

 

It might if you can trace the fingerprint to a famous person.

 

Lol! At first it reminded me of "The Twilight Zone".

 

I agree. I was thinking of natural toning. Artificial, black or molted toning is unattractive.

 

HA, I can see it now. A cottage industry of selling hacked FBI fingerprint databases for tracking down unsuspecting (in?)famous coin holders.

 

Maybe infectious. Intentional to make the grooves that thin ( very light touch) . Most people hold a coin with more pressure which would widen and blur the whorls. IMO, Jim

 

If it was from a really famous person with a COA by a known, trusted company, then maybe. LOL