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BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
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<< <i>1879-S $1 MS67 NGC. An amazing Superb Gem with deeply toned obverse and reverse surfaces over satiny luster. Both sides have crimson, cobalt, and iridescent toning, with additional gold color on the reverse.(Registry values: P1, N991) (#7092) >>



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And a BIGASS effen fingerprint/thumbprint. GRRRRRRR
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where'd it come from?
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,063 ✭✭✭
    ITS DIPPIN' TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! image

    Crack that sucker outta that slab and get it into the "right"kinda plastic, ya know the CLEAR kind...... image

    Oh yeah, A most excellent pickup! image

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  • 08HALA2008HALA20 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭
    Won't dipping it take all the toning off?

    I am not sure what is worse removing the toning or keeping the fingerprint.

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  • GoldDigger66GoldDigger66 Posts: 173
    Do I see a fingerprint?
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
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  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Won't dipping it take all the toning off?

    I am not sure what is worse removing the toning or keeping the fingerprint.

    Joe >>



    Is it a famous fingerprint? Might be worth keeping. image
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    That's amusing to see a fingerprint disaster like that graded a 67.... image
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  • coinnutcoinnut Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yuck image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Where'd it come from? >>



    The coin is currently up for auction by Heritage in the Central States Signature Auction in St. Louis.
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  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    Overgrading happens at both PCGS and NGC. If a coin is submitted to PCGS or NGC by a huge place like Heritage, you can expect an extra point, maybe even two occasionally.
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  • dan8402dan8402 Posts: 2,163
    Where is the star designation? image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Judging from the 6 digit S/N it doesn't seem to be a recent submission. I have not a clue as to whether Heritage was the submitter.
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  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    Possibly the fingerprint magically appeared after the coin was plasticized?
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  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    To me the fingerprint and toning resembles a stone tossed ripple in an algae covered pond... image
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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heh! I'll scan that print, and enter it into my database for handprint/fingerprints of known coin doctors......image
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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    Hmm, that fingerprint is pretty big
  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,902 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe Calleigh Duquesne could run that print through the CSI database and come up with the perp . . . . . .
  • hiyosilverhiyosilver Posts: 1,216


    kinda looks like my pocket coin.....image , kept in an air-tite.image


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  • KaelasdadKaelasdad Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭
    They pried it from some dead guys cold hard grip.

    Then they graded it.

    Then they sold it.

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  • DabigkahunaDabigkahuna Posts: 3,419


    Are you sure it's a fingerprint???

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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    I haven't looked at it yet, but isn't there also one on the big colourful Morgan that graces the cover of the current Superior Santa Clara catalogue?
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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe they searced their database and discovered it was Walter Breen's print, so they didn't downgrade it? image
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Are you sure it's a fingerprint??? >>



    UMMM no; what do you think it is? Technically it looks to be a thumbprint.
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  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    I bet if you dip it and regrade, it does not grade close to a MS67. I would try no more than a cross to PCGS. Keep it in the MS67 plastic.
  • DabigkahunaDabigkahuna Posts: 3,419


    I have seen "bag" toning like that.
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  • CoinhogCoinhog Posts: 1,336


    << <i>Where'd it come from? >>



    Probably when NGC pressed it into the holder.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭



    that should buff right out!




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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,428 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Serious question: Why is bag toning better than fingerprint toning?

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the toning is too dark to dip off. You would most likely have to dip the coin too long and render it lifeless.

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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Where'd it come from? >>


    The fingerprint probably came from someone's finger. image
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