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Here's a light fingerprint I can live with.

amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It doesn't stand out in hand like it does in the picture and I view it as a testament to it's original surfaces.


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  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Originality at its finest.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,576 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool!

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  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Somehow, I don't think I would even care on a 1901-S.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not to be Debbie Downer, but why can't a coin be fingerprinted subsequent to having been cleaned?

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thats a neater looking print then ive seen in a while

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still a nice coin and IMO that latent is as old as the coin. Peace Roy

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  • NicNic Posts: 3,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Are you certain that is a fingerprint/palm print? I ask because it reminds me of some of the marks found on coins when they have been in paper albums that have gotten moist. Like those blue paper Whitman albums if stored in a basement.

    Agree. Or a wallet etc.

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Are you certain that is a fingerprint/palm print? I ask because it reminds me of some of the marks found on coins when they have been in paper albums that have gotten moist. Like those blue paper Whitman albums if stored in a basement.

    +1

    especially with that textile pattern in front of the face.

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  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think that is a fingerprint.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think you are correct. Fingerprint was how the coin was sold to me. They do have the same charactoristics but that wouldda been a huge thumb or finger to cover this coin the way it did!

    @TomB said:
    Are you certain that is a fingerprint/palm print? I ask because it reminds me of some of the marks found on coins when they have been in paper albums that have gotten moist. Like those blue paper Whitman albums if stored in a basement.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,406 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Regardless, I don't think it looks like a fingerprint which would drive me crazy. I feel it is very acceptable. JMO
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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That doesn't look like a fingerprint to me but now that I have seen it, I cannot unsee it. Not something I would typically purchase.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In hand you don't hardly see it. Of course my eyes are getting older! All I can say is find another one! ;)

    @Cameonut said:
    That doesn't look like a fingerprint to me but now that I have seen it, I cannot unsee it. Not something I would typically purchase.

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 22, 2021 6:31PM

    I also thought that given how straight and long the markings are across the neck, it’s probably not a fingerprint ... 🤓

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice :)

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @vplite99 said:
    I don't think that is a fingerprint.

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  • chesterbchesterb Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don’t know how you can view it as a testament to original surfaces...

  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Most fingerprints curl well before these do. I've never seen any straight prints.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @TomB said:
    Are you certain that is a fingerprint/palm print? I ask because it reminds me of some of the marks found on coins when they have been in paper albums that have gotten moist. Like those blue paper Whitman albums if stored in a basement.

    +1

    especially with that textile pattern in front of the face.

    +2
    Lines are too straight to be a print.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, it is not a fingerprint... looks like some type of contact mark such as @TomB stated. Certainly detracts from what otherwise is a very nice coin. Cheers, RickO

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It blends in with the coin until you magnify it!

    @ricko said:
    I agree, it is not a fingerprint... looks like some type of contact mark such as @TomB stated. Certainly detracts from what otherwise is a very nice coin. Cheers, RickO

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 24, 2021 2:06AM

    That looks more like a huge big toe print ;)

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  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a good looking coin. However, lines or not, I would not assume this type of totally flat toning to be original. Especially if there is a glossy look to the high points.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Call me crazy but I'd rather have that coin than a new car right now. I don't find the pattern distracting at all really. :)

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,481 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Who handled that coin, King Kong?

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  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice Darrell. Congratulations.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't like fingerprints and that one is prominent.

    However, it is a nice, collector-grade, key date, so that makes up for a lot.

    It's respectable example, until a better one comes along.

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