What do fingerprints do to the grade of the coin.......Example posted

MAULUMALL

Text The bell on the reverse
It's been there a while but how much does it Devalue the coin.



This isn't a flame starter.

airplanenut

With PCGS, they occur after the fact, so no grade drop

CLASSICS

that half looks like it came out of a mint set, many just tone that way, and seems to be from the paper, not a finger print. looks okay to me....

Outhaul

In eye appeal alone, I think that's about as ugly as it gets, let alone the print. But then, I find the Franklins to be a fairly unattractive coin anyway. Personally, I stay away from anything that has been fingerprinted.

Just my two-cents (U.S.)

Cheers,

Bob

ARCO

Toning looks nice to me, and doesn't look like a bad fingerprint mark if indeed it is one. A fingerprint is not wear or a mark on the coins surface and shouldn't affect the technical grade one Iota.

Tyler

danglen

Looks like a great candidate for "conservation" at NCS.

Elcontador

I'll bet this was Supercoin's winner of the ugliest coin in a 6 holder that he 'recycled.' That looks like it may be environmental damange, not toning, to me.

A print won't downgrade a coin, but I will not buy a fingerprinted coin, at any price in any grade. We all have to draw the line somewhere.

michael

multiple reverse fingerprints

fingerprints even ugly ones usually it doesnot downgrade a coin ?? that i totally disagree with but i can understand the servives reasoning so i guess it is ok

personally i do not like fingreprints now maybe a small out of the way sort of invisable if the coin is monster great but for me this is the exception rather than the rule!

for me sorry to say this is an ugly coin and as someone said on here environemntally damaged and for me on the edge of environ damaged

well i guess it is environ damaged for me

yuk yuk

sincerely michael

BillJones

I stay away from coins with fingerprints. To me it's like the situation with scratches that have a pattern that were obviously placed on the intentionally as opposed to those that occur at random. Random is OK; a set pattern is not.

BTW the grading services LOVE toned Mint Set coins. They often give them high grades and often ignore the marks that might be under the toning. I have no problem with toned coins, but I do have a point were toning become tarnish, which is to me is unattractive.

Trime

I do not find the coin attractive. I do not like mottled coins even when they are less impaired. Others don't seem to mind and some like them that way. This coin looks like it sat in my safe that was moist and gathered that scuzzy appearance.I feel less concerned about a fingerprint that is detracting some from an otherwise spectacular coin.