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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 930359, member: 6229"]Got to thinking about the mishandling of coins and how best to impress upon the beginning coin collector's mind the importance of handling coins properly. Do not touch the surfaces of any coin with your bare fingers. Oils and acids produced by the human skin (dermis and epidermis) are easily transferred to the surface/s of a coin. If you must handle a coin without gloves hold it by the rim. If you don't here's what can happen:</p><p> </p><p>Coin Archives Photo (click photos for enlargements):</p><p> </p><p><b><i><u>Proper Handling of 1927 British George V Proof Crown:</u></i></b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=821522&AucID=605&Lot=1332&Val=e32e90cbff3e9cf25905453d0e7116b7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=821522&AucID=605&Lot=1332&Val=e32e90cbff3e9cf25905453d0e7116b7" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=821522&AucID=605&Lot=1332&Val=e32e90cbff3e9cf25905453d0e7116b7</a></p><p> </p><p><b><i><u>Mishandling of 1927 British George V Proof Crown:</u></i></b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=793215&AucID=584&Lot=22005&Val=68d9719b205124caf709c11605abdc31" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=793215&AucID=584&Lot=22005&Val=68d9719b205124caf709c11605abdc31" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=793215&AucID=584&Lot=22005&Val=68d9719b205124caf709c11605abdc31</a></p><p> </p><p>Which do you prefer? In your opinion are the Proof Crowns worth the same or is the unsmudged Proof Crown worth more (the smudged worth less)?</p><p> </p><p>You may ask, "What if we clean the coin to eliminate the fingerprints?"</p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Thanks to the archives of Coin Page we can see what happens to a mishandled 1914 cent which was cleaned to remove fingerprints:</font></p><p> </p><p><b><i><u><font size="3">1914 Lincoln Cent (Cleaned w/Fingerprint Residue) Obverse:</font></u></i></b></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3839.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3839.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3839.html</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><b><i><u><font size="3">1914 Lincoln Cent (Cleaned w/Fingerprint Residue) Reverse:</font></u></i></b></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Discoloration on E P and L, the top half of the left Wheat Head and the ON of ONE:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3840.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3840.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3840.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3">That's why we say,</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">"Uh-uh, Don't touch!</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 930359, member: 6229"]Got to thinking about the mishandling of coins and how best to impress upon the beginning coin collector's mind the importance of handling coins properly. Do not touch the surfaces of any coin with your bare fingers. Oils and acids produced by the human skin (dermis and epidermis) are easily transferred to the surface/s of a coin. If you must handle a coin without gloves hold it by the rim. If you don't here's what can happen: Coin Archives Photo (click photos for enlargements): [B][I][U]Proper Handling of 1927 British George V Proof Crown:[/U][/I][/B] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=821522&AucID=605&Lot=1332&Val=e32e90cbff3e9cf25905453d0e7116b7[/URL] [B][I][U]Mishandling of 1927 British George V Proof Crown:[/U][/I][/B] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=793215&AucID=584&Lot=22005&Val=68d9719b205124caf709c11605abdc31[/URL] Which do you prefer? In your opinion are the Proof Crowns worth the same or is the unsmudged Proof Crown worth more (the smudged worth less)? You may ask, "What if we clean the coin to eliminate the fingerprints?" [SIZE=3]Thanks to the archives of Coin Page we can see what happens to a mishandled 1914 cent which was cleaned to remove fingerprints:[/SIZE] [B][I][U][SIZE=3]1914 Lincoln Cent (Cleaned w/Fingerprint Residue) Obverse:[/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3839.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [B][I][U][SIZE=3]1914 Lincoln Cent (Cleaned w/Fingerprint Residue) Reverse:[/SIZE][/U][/I][/B] [SIZE=3]Discoloration on E P and L, the top half of the left Wheat Head and the ON of ONE:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-3840.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]That's why we say,[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]"Uh-uh, Don't touch![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Clinker[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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