What happend to this gold proof?

relayer

I think this coin would have been better off returned to the mint instead of submitted to PCGS

I guess once you touch it - you buy it.

No more eating potato chips while submitting your coins.

KoinKollector

This is infamous PCGS fingerprint at its finest

Cam40

One full ounce of gold in glistening, nearly flawless proof condition! Light palm print(?) in obverse field otherwise ...........otherwise what...Its worth buying?

I wonder if NCS could fix it ,or if the mirrors are shot now and forever.

Placid

Could the coin have graded 67 dcam with that print?

Gemini

Isn't that the way you test a coin to see how deep the mirrors are?

IrishMike

Yes the grading guidelines allow for prints, something I disagree with. However, it takes prints some time to show up so my guess is that this one has grown up over time.

Cam40

hehe ,Ya Thats how they test for cameo depth.
I can see an arrow pointing to that spot, saying.....
.........TEST AREA.
..........IGNORE

wallstreetman

Each coin has to be fingerprinted to authenticate it as PCGS, it also tells who inspected it! Dont ever take a sellers word that the print is there, make sure you can see it clearly! BUY THE PRINT, NOT THE COIN!

wallstreetman

By the way, thats a nice print, should have made a 68!

JD

I often wondered how long it takes for a finger print to show up on a coin? Is it immediate or does it takes several days or weeks to show? Could it be possible that the print was there before pcgs graded it but it didn't show until later?

fcloud

When the Question and Answer Forum was open, I asked this question of Rick Montgomery.
Do the graders wear cotton gloves when grading coins?
His response was that the graders handle coins with bare hands, because they have more control over the coin.

It sickens me to see valuable coins sent in for grading and ruined by finger prints. There is no way of knowing if the coin was submitted with the print or not. But why would anyone send in a coin like that with a fingerprint on it?

Tony

MAULUMALL

Why would you take it out of the capsule.Don't all proofs come in a mint sealed Rendition of an airtite?

fcloud

Yes the mint sends the proof coins in capsules, and they handle these proofs with white cotton gloves, too. That print is not from the mint.

Tony

BSqr

nearly flawless? right! and I can almost fly.