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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 720842, member: 4552"]Pending on how long that was there and if it is indeed a finger print, it may be removable. I found a 1995 Lincoln Cent Double Die about MS-63 at a coin show for a really cheap price, can't remember exactly what. Since it was so cheap due to a real large finger print on the obverse, I figured I had nothing to loose by experimenting. I tried Acetone, Alcohol, Laquer Thinner, Mineral Spirits, etc and nothing worked at all. However, I did have some of Walmarts Jewlery cleaners handy. The one for Non Silver did nothing also. Then I tried the stuff for Silver cleaning and the fingerprint vanished completely. </p><p>I really don't suggest using those types of jewlery cleaners on coins but for a lesser valued or sort of ruined coin, might be worth a try. </p><p>The main thing to remember is such coins are now considered cleaned and that is for real a value dropper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 720842, member: 4552"]Pending on how long that was there and if it is indeed a finger print, it may be removable. I found a 1995 Lincoln Cent Double Die about MS-63 at a coin show for a really cheap price, can't remember exactly what. Since it was so cheap due to a real large finger print on the obverse, I figured I had nothing to loose by experimenting. I tried Acetone, Alcohol, Laquer Thinner, Mineral Spirits, etc and nothing worked at all. However, I did have some of Walmarts Jewlery cleaners handy. The one for Non Silver did nothing also. Then I tried the stuff for Silver cleaning and the fingerprint vanished completely. I really don't suggest using those types of jewlery cleaners on coins but for a lesser valued or sort of ruined coin, might be worth a try. The main thing to remember is such coins are now considered cleaned and that is for real a value dropper.[/QUOTE]
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