Fingerprints

mcmxi

I know people don't usually like fingerprints on coins, but what if there were a way to compare them to a database, an dsee to whom they belomged. It might turn an unattractive coin into something worth having. I know this is far fetched but would you buy a coin with as print if you could put a history with it?

CarlWohlforth

Only in a very far fetched set of circumstances. I would like a 1700's US coin with Thomas Jefferson's fingerprint for example. I don't want an 1800's coin with Eliasburg's print...

MrSpud

Here's one with the Jolly Green Giants Fingerprint

mcmxi

I was thinking along the lines of a miner or a cowboy or a farmer. Just something you could have a little history to go along with the coin.

Russ

MrSpud,

Looks like the entire family got together to put that one in the album.

Russ, NCNE

Shamika

I've often wondered the same thing. I hate fingerprints, but itt would be pretty neat to know that some famous dealer or numismatist had handled it. Kind of like a signature.

XpipedreamR

I'd like a Washington quarter with Washington's fingerprint on it. That would be AWESOME!!!

LanLord

<< <i>I'd like a Washington quarter with Washington's fingerprint on it. That would be AWESOME!!!



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That would be special

hedgehog847

Cool idea-- But, how would you validate who's fingerprint it was? As I see it, having your fingerprints on file somewhere isn't a good thing!

mcmxi

this was just an abstract thought, but maby Al Cappone, Roosevelt, anyone since fingerprinting maby?

hedgehog847

I think it was a great thought.

I have often pondered who may have held a particular coin of mine in the past. I wish there was a way to identify what change Abe Lincoln had in his pocket-- did he hold the Flying Eagle cent I have? That would certainly be a piece of history!!

lonelyp

<< <i>I've often wondered the same thing. I hate fingerprints, but itt would be pretty neat to know that some famous dealer or numismatist had handled it. Kind of like a signature. >>



You can get them from Coin Vault, if Robert Chambers counts as a famous dealer.