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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 287237, member: 1242"]Steve,</p><p><br /></p><p>All to often, a buyer of a coin has no idea that it was touched on the Obverse, Reverse or both until several months later, when the fingerprints show up! The acid and grease on someone's fingers, takes awhile to become visible on most coins and it is wrong to assume that all coins have been touched by someone's bare fingers. To attempt to remove the residue that leaves the fingerprints on the coin ahead of time, would be unwise to do prematurely! There are a few solutions that will remove fingerprints from certain coins (i.e. certain compositions) but not all coins because of the possible results. In other words, due to the composition make up of a specific coin, a solution may remove the fingerprints but may leave the coin with strong evidence that it had been dipped or cleaned or may in fact, damage the surfaces of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 287237, member: 1242"]Steve, All to often, a buyer of a coin has no idea that it was touched on the Obverse, Reverse or both until several months later, when the fingerprints show up! The acid and grease on someone's fingers, takes awhile to become visible on most coins and it is wrong to assume that all coins have been touched by someone's bare fingers. To attempt to remove the residue that leaves the fingerprints on the coin ahead of time, would be unwise to do prematurely! There are a few solutions that will remove fingerprints from certain coins (i.e. certain compositions) but not all coins because of the possible results. In other words, due to the composition make up of a specific coin, a solution may remove the fingerprints but may leave the coin with strong evidence that it had been dipped or cleaned or may in fact, damage the surfaces of the coin. Frank[/QUOTE]
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