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Can you fingerprint the edge of a coin? And will the new pcgs holders show that?

AllCoinsRuleAllCoinsRule Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭✭
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Just wondering since you have to hold the coin somehow before it's graded.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,435 ✭✭✭✭✭
    take an edge lettered small dollar, handle it and you will see prints on it from handling it.

    If you want it prong holdered, I'd be wearing gloves or you're going to have discoloration on the edge.

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  • SlvrandGldSlvrandGld Posts: 168
    Could someone explain the process pcgs uses when handling coins and putting them in the holders? Gloves? Clean room? I'll admit I didnt care for the new holders but they're really starting to grow on me.
  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Could someone explain the process pcgs uses when handling coins and putting them in the holders? Gloves? Clean room? I'll admit I didnt care for the new holders but they're really starting to grow on me. >>


    They use bare hands. You can youtube PCGS and watch their video.
  • namwalkernamwalker Posts: 135


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    << <i>Could someone explain the process pcgs uses when handling coins and putting them in the holders? Gloves? Clean room? I'll admit I didnt care for the new holders but they're really starting to grow on me. >>


    They use bare hands. You can youtube PCGS and watch their video. >>



    If they use bare hands how do they not leave fingerprints on the coins? either on faces or on the edges?
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd be more concerned about the non-graders that assemble the coin into the slab shells prior to sealing the slabs.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,368 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Could someone explain the process pcgs uses when handling coins and putting them in the holders? Gloves? Clean room? I'll admit I didnt care for the new holders but they're really starting to grow on me. >>


    They use bare hands. You can youtube PCGS and watch their video. >>



    If they use bare hands how do they not leave fingerprints on the coins? either on faces or on the edges? >>

    There could be something on the edge, but no one who is carefully handling a coin will touch the obverse or reverse. The loss of grip and potential to drop a coin make gloves a far more dangerous proposition than carefully and knowledgeably handling a coin with bare hands.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The answer to the thread title is yes and probably. Finger oils are acidic and therefore mildly corrosive. If a print is under the prongs it will not show. The acidic content of skin oils vary with the individual (and also are diet related), therefore some residues react quickly and others have only a mild effect. Cheers, RickO
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,766 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Could someone explain the process pcgs uses when handling coins and putting them in the holders? Gloves? Clean room? I'll admit I didnt care for the new holders but they're really starting to grow on me. >>


    They use bare hands. You can youtube PCGS and watch their video. >>



    If they use bare hands how do they not leave fingerprints on the coins? either on faces or on the edges? >>

    There could be something on the edge, but no one who is carefully handling a coin will touch the obverse or reverse. The loss of grip and potential to drop a coin make gloves a far more dangerous proposition than carefully and knowledgeably handling a coin with bare hands. >>



    That's a cop out. They could wear cotton gloves and work over a padded surface. I hope they at least wash their hands before entering the grading room to remove some of the oils from their fingers.



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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...i may be mistaken but i thought i saw a finger bowl full of alcohol in the video for dipping their hands before handling the coins. image































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  • SlvrandGldSlvrandGld Posts: 168
    Im sure they know what theyre doing but boy did those ungloved hands make me nervous.
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doctors wear nitrite gloves when preforming sugary, and computer assemblers wear them doing that kind of intricate work.

    And it's not just the graders that handle the coins.

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Some of you folks worry about the silliest things.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...everyone wants a 70. image
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,435 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>...everyone wants a 70. image >>




    perfect!

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen fingerprints on reeded edges but even the boldest tend to be nearly invisible.

    I usually work with bare hands and wash them much more frequently when handling smooth edged or lettered edge coins.
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  • SlvrandGldSlvrandGld Posts: 168
    On second thought maybe I wont send in my UHR to be put in the new style holder image

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