Morgan Dollar Question, bag marks or fingerprints?

FrankinWI

I picked up this raw 1889 raw Morgan dollar up at the Kenosha Wisconsin coin show on Saturday, forgot I bought it until this morning.
OK my question is, are toning marks on the reverse of this coin caused from storage in a canvas bank bag or are they fingerprints?

Frank

Dog97

Those are fprints for sure, probably caused by someone pushing it into a Whitman Folder where it received the toning.

KlectorKid

Finger prints... to bad to because it is a very pretty coin.

MrKelso

<< <i>I picked up this raw 1889 raw Morgan dollar up at the Kenosha Wisconsin coin show on Saturday, forgot I bought it until this morning.
OK my question is, are toning marks on the reverse of this coin caused from storage in a canvas bank bag or are they fingerprints?

Frank
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I just magnified it a tad using PhotoImpact 7 and yes it does look like finger prints in several locations on the rev.. dam shame.

KlectorKid

FrankinWI

I'm going to send that print to the FBI. Whoever put their fingerprints on this coin should be doing some hard time right now.

Good work Kelector Kid!

Frank

FC57Coins

Actually Frank, don't be too hard on them - could've been one of us in a previous - though beit numismatically inexperienced - life A lot of those fingerprints happen before the toning sets in, once it starts, some of the oil traces left behind by the fingers impedes the toning on some coins. Go figure!

Frank on the South end of the country

MAULUMALL

MrKelso
If you have photoimpact 7 you should try photoimpact 8. I saw it in the paper today for $39.00 after all the rebates.
It's Sweet.
I have been using it for a couple of weeks and I think it's a lot easier and my pictures are of a better quality.

MrKelso

<< <i>MrKelso
If you have photoimpact 7 you should try photoimpact 8. I saw it in the paper today for $39.00 after all the rebates.
It's Sweet.
I have been using it for a couple of weeks and I think it's a lot easier and my pictures are of a better quality. >>



I have been thinking about upgrading to 8 for a while now as i have heard good reports about the photo quality it gives and the $39.00 after rebate price tag helps.
If i can get someone to drive me to the store this week i may just do it. Tell me have they made any improvments to the scanning interface at all?