Fingerprints

mcmxi · May 19, 2005 9:49AM

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 · May 19, 2005 9:53AM

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 · May 19, 2005 9:56AM

Here's one with the Jolly Green Giants Fingerprint

mcmxi · May 19, 2005 9:58AM

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 · May 19, 2005 10:13AM

MrSpud,

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

Russ, NCNE

Shamika · May 19, 2005 10:23AM

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 · May 19, 2005 10:24AM

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

LanLord · May 19, 2005 11:12AM

<< <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 · May 19, 2005 11:15AM

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 · May 19, 2005 3:34PM

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

hedgehog847 · May 19, 2005 5:29PM

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 · May 20, 2005 12:31AM

<< <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.

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