What is it with Morgan Toners...

cameron12x

Which clearly have fingerprints on them yet are still slabbed?

Some even have green beanies on them.

What gives?

stealer

<< <i>Which clearly have fingerprints on them yet are still slabbed?

Some even have green beanies on them.

What gives? >>


Fingerprints do not preclude numerical grades.

cameron12x

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<< <i>Which clearly have fingerprints on them yet are still slabbed?

Some even have green beanies on them.

What gives? >>


Fingerprints do not preclude numerical grades. >>

Gotcha... but they sure do hurt the aesthetics--at least in my eyes!

fc

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<< <i>Which clearly have fingerprints on them yet are still slabbed?

Some even have green beanies on them.

What gives? >>


Fingerprints do not preclude numerical grades. >>

Gotcha... but they sure do hurt the aesthetics--at least in my eyes! >>



In many cases most everyone will agree with you. I especially dislike them on franklins.

AnkurJ

It would be pretty cool if a fingerprint could be traced back to a founding father.

BustHalfBrian

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<< <i>Which clearly have fingerprints on them yet are still slabbed?

Some even have green beanies on them.

What gives? >>


Fingerprints do not preclude numerical grades. >>

Gotcha... but they sure do hurt the aesthetics--at least in my eyes! >>



Well if we all had the same eyes for coins, there'd be no diversity in collecting - everyone would want what somebody else already has and isn't willing to part with.

Some can look past fingerprints on a coin, and I'm sure some even find them attractive.

Personally, I'm with you - I don't like 'em... But like stealer said, they typically don't affect a coin's grade. An exception would be a fingerprint that corroded the metal or created verdigris (on Copper).

cameron12x

And why is it the most of them only seem to tone on one side?

BustHalfBrian

<< <i>It would be pretty cool if a fingerprint could be traced back to a founding father. >>



So I'm not the only one who's pondered this......

LogPotato

<< <i>It would be pretty cool if a fingerprint could be traced back to a founding father. >>



Founding fathers used Morgans?

illini420

People touch coins all of the time and that shouldn't keep them from being slabbed. Obvious fingerprints should keep coins from grading higher than 63 or so though in my opinion.

Goldbully

<< <i>It would be pretty cool if a fingerprint could be traced back to a founding father. >>



Does your brain ever sleep?

Meltdown

I don't normaly care for fingerprints. I think a coin can still be mint state with them though.
I found picked this one up a while back and absolutely love it.

AuroraBorealis

<< <i>And why is it the most of them only seem to tone on one side? >>



For the most part the Morgans that are toned primarily on one side either toned in an issued mint bag or in the end of a paper roll... It was the direct contact with the cloth of the bag or the direct contact with the folded paper at the end of the roll that caused the toning...

AB

BAJJERFAN

Not all of them are printed.

sniocsu

I find fingerprints to be very distracting. MS63/4 is where I would draw the line for most coins with fingerprints on them

cameron12x

How does this obverse stack up for a "low-end" Morgan Toner?

Link

nesvt

what fingerprint?

coinsarefun

Textile toning











<< <i>what fingerprint?




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cameron12x

OK... who has a toner that they want to sell me?

(Seriously.)

CMCART

<< <i>I don't normaly care for fingerprints. I think a coin can still be mint state with them though.
I found picked this one up a while back and absolutely love it.


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Looks great

joeykoins

<< <i>It would be pretty cool if a fingerprint could be traced back to a founding father. >>

Yes! That would be cool.Ya think in today's technology,we can through DNA,can find the fingerprints owner?Imagine,a 1864 cent,for example,in the hands (or fingers) of Abraham Lincoln?WoW!