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Is this a finger print or toning?
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Thoughts on what is going on in front of George? Can't quite tell from the photo, but leaning toward a finger print.
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Print.
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Send it to the FBI. Fingerprint.
There's enough there to track down the prior owner.
Someone scarfed a Krispy Kreme and then pushed that coin directly into the ol Dansco
Thought so. Too bad, but it still graded 67 and has a CAC sticker!
Scraping off the CAC sticker will make up for the fingerprint.
It's a fingerprint.
Minor prints---I'll overlook but this one is too prominent imho....sticker or no sticker. Sorry.
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It's both those things.
It will probably come back with a long rap sheet.
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It's both. The oils from the fingerprint affected the subsequent toning pattern. Also, just because CAC likes it as an MS67 doesn't mean you have to.
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I find that if it looks like a print, it is a print.
That looks like a print.
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Looks like a print, though the edges in front of the portrait look strange, as does the sudden lack of contact at the motto.... almost as if a 'ribbed' material was rubbed across the surface in that area....certainly not a typical fingerprint....Cheers, RickO
New grading service? Otherwise, send to PCGS for correct attribution and correction.
A toned fingerprint. That kind'a covers it.
Point well taken, Tom.
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I've never seen a fingerprint where the ridges are perfectly parallel to one another. Therefore, I'm going to guess "other".
Indeed both.
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print. maybe its jimmy hoffa's print
The discoloration goes right up to the chin, following under the nose, and then up the top of the nose to the forehead. If this is a fingerprint, why doesn't the nose show remnants of oil or print? I would be surprised if JA stickers fingerprints.
I see this sometimes on modern proofs. My guess is, if the mint workers packing the proof sets are wearing gloves and the gloves get soiled somehow, it would leave the imprint of the glove material on the coin. Just a guess - I don’t actually know if they use gloves or not but it’s the only thing I can think of for these types of prints to be on a proof coin cracked out of a sonically-sealed mint lens.
I ran the print through the database, it belongs to a Roy Rajumpka, notorious coin spender. It appears he spent this quarter on a pack of cigarettes in a vending machine circa 1962. (If you only knew the history of your coins!!)
Hey.... I did the same fingerprint check and it came back matched to Roy's twin brother Loy Rajumpka; specifically the thumb on his left hand. Loy didn't have a thumb on his right hand and Roy was missing the thumb of his left hand. Some of their grandchildren have two thumbs on each hand and are in demand for sending tweets from the white house.
I agree with the "It's both" group.
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Having some experience with fingerprints I don’t believe it is a single print. Quite possible it is not a fingerprint. I just don’t see it. There are no loops,arches or whorls present if it’s a single print. Or possibly the partials of a real giant.