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I have a slab with a fingerprint on it... What should I do?

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Send it in for reholdering of course. Or you could try cleaning it off.
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    don't use acetone

    it makes the plastic cloudyimage
  • pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920 ✭
    Dang. They really need an emoticon for rolling around on the floor, laughing!
  • bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209


    << <i>Send it in for reholdering of course. Or you could try cleaning it off. >>



    I don't want to get it reholdered because the slab has some great transparency, and the new slab might not be as good.


    Also, if I try to clean it off, the plastic may drop in value and that will just be another big dilemma.

  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,311 ✭✭✭✭
    i dont believe you own such a slab......I DEMAND YOUTUBE VIDEOS!!

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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭
    Spray paint over the fingerprint. If you can still see it, it will forever bother you. Spray paint is your only option
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  • bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209
    If someone can find me a nicer slab for under $1500 before I wake up tomorrow then I will be amazed.

    I've been looking for about 36 hours straight on ebay and have yet to find one.

    I'm beginning to think that I may have invested in the wrong slab, and in the end I may lose money on it.

    What's a guy to do in this situation? image
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is your fingerprint on the missing legimage
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  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Turn it over so it is on the other side---------BigE
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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806 ✭
    Need more information on the fingerprint, is it your's, your pet's, a well known grader or a cast member from CSI ?
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just place a sticker over it! image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the print is of a middle finger and the OP has a big smirk on his face.image

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  • pakasmompakasmom Posts: 1,920 ✭
    I think that everyone who refuses to wring their hands in sympathy should, "shut their mouths!"
  • NotSureNotSure Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭
    +1.....lol
    I'll come up with something.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You guys are so mean. What we've got here is a failure to communicate.

    Looking for a full luster, great strike, perfect color, 3 or fewer legs Buffalo for $1500, give or take 1%. Will pay a finder's fee.
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  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804 ✭
    Sadly, there is nothing you can do but throw the coin away. image
  • WegWeg Posts: 544
    This is killen meimage
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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it's on the obverse of the slab send it back and have them re holder it reverse side up. MJ
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These guys might be able to fix it image

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>These guys might be able to fix it image

    image >>


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    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>These guys might be able to fix it image

    image >>




    Broadstruck, You always seem to come up with the strangest, weirdest, funniest stuff!image
  • ocon4008ocon4008 Posts: 1,703
    Dave Berry a very funny man said "“I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my generation retires, they will have to pay us trillions of dollars in social security”.

    Please leave BNB alone he is just looking at his future and trying to raise enough to do his fair share.image
  • ocon4008ocon4008 Posts: 1,703
    BTW, as I was trying to post the above to the 3-legger thread it went "poof".
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just dip it... problem solved.... I like bright clear plastic through which to view my blast white coins. image Cheers, RickO
  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
    1. Buy some Windex
    2. Spray it on the fingerprint that is on the slab
    3. Use a soft cloth to wipe the Windex off of the slab
    4. The fingerprint should now be gone.



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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,928 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But if I get it reslabbed... someone else might put a finger print on it...
    what do I do then?


    +1

    I can't believe they missed this one.


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  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    remember to wear cotton gloves when working with your slab

    BNBs soul mate
  • dimplesdimples Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭
    Don't dip it you will ruin the slab. Send it to ngc so they can remove said fingerprint.

    WAIT maybe that's what the big one is all about. DH's fingerprint to authenicate that it's a real slab. Just brilliant!
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭
    I can't believe I read the whole thing!
    Paul
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    come on you guys. People on Collectors Universe are so simple minded. I ask a simple question and no one will answer me! How do I get rid of that fingerprint on the slab? The coin cost me $12,000, and I'm on a tight budget, three months behind on my rent, power turned off yesterday, so you see I can't just sell this coin and buy another one. I need to find a way to get the best enjoyment from this one.

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  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    BTW, anyone else think he looks and sounds a lot like Steve O from Jackass?

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Whatever you do, DO NOT CLEAN IT!

    We all make mistakes. God knows virtually every slab I purchased when I started had fingerprints. But remember there are many other slabs without fingerprints on them. Sell the slab you have and buy another you can live with.

    Good luck.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seriously, never use acetone on a slab. It will melt the plastic and ruin the slab. Most of you already know this so this post is for the newer collectors.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    learn how to lift prints

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  • rld14rld14 Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭
    What about a dremel with a wire wheel on it? That might help.
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you have a whole one year of experience this will be no problem at all for you.

    Ken
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If you have a whole one year of experience this will be no problem at all for you.

    Ken >>



    especially since he's a fast learner and dove in with a passion harder than anyone else.

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Maybe the print is one the inside of the slab!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,928 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>If you have a whole one year of experience this will be no problem at all for you.

    Ken >>



    especially since he's a fast learner and dove in with a passion harder than anyone else. >>




    He's bammed now...


    and I have to say, I had my doubts about his intentions.... and I still have doubts.

    but I am much more certain that some of the abuse he took in that thread was uncalled for.

    But it's not my call to make... just sayin'

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  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did i hear someone say Fingerprint .....




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  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like a nice slab. Don't mess with it image

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  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
    Just keep ebay user bnbcoins in the back of your mind when going through listings. No sense in fueling the dream.
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Rub it off with steel wool. Be sure to let us know how it turns out. image
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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    It should be instantly destroyed ? Go buy a used military flame thrower and some nice 91 octane gasoline ? Throw the slab in the gasoline (along with any cats you might be unlucky enough to have around), then blast it with the flame thrower? Send the remains (holder, not the cats) to whatever company made the holder and ask for an upgrade? (Sell the cat dust as seasoning for So. Carolina ribs?)
  • ocon4008ocon4008 Posts: 1,703
    <<....(Sell the cat dust as seasoning for So. Carolina ribs?) >>

    Point of order Mr. Chairman: it is not called seasoning, grill masters call it RUB. image
  • habaracahabaraca Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think I have finally fingered this all out
  • bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209
    Thanks for all the responses.

    I decided that the best thing to do would be to put it in the BST without telling anyone about the fingerprint. image

    Within a few minutes I sold the slab and now it is no longer my problem.

    P.S. If the buyer sees the print, should I tell him that I tried to clean it or will that take away from its value. image
  • ConstantineConstantine Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭
    <<He's bammed now...


    and I have to say, I had my doubts about his intentions.... and I still have doubts.

    but I am much more certain that some of the abuse he took in that thread was uncalled for.

    But it's not my call to make... just sayin'>>


    Google BNB Analtyics and there is a lot out there that would make me very wary of this person....much of it from his own mouth/writings so I will judge that because it is from the direct source.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I got fingers with finger prints all over
    them. I don't let it bother me none.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I got fingers with finger prints all over
    them. I don't let it bother me none. >>



    Hmm.. I would have figured you'd have Bear Paw Prints image
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