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A Great Example Of "Buy The Coin Not The Holder"

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It's a scan alright. You can tell by the light direction. I doubt the coin looks like it's nicotine stained in hand.
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 Posted 12/03/2013  3:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The front isn't that bad. But the back is just ugly.
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 Posted 12/03/2013  5:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Thundercoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wouldn't pay over melt for that coin. It is UGLY!
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 Posted 12/03/2013  6:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyJames to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Aren't fingerprints supposed to be grade limiting marks?
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I humbly take a pass despite the lofty certified technical grade ... IMHO this coin is ugly.

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Aren't fingerprints supposed to be grade limiting marks?


My point exactly and is why I mentioned it in my original posting. Based on that alone I assume that the current condition of the coin is not the same as when it was slabbed. That fingerprint I would guess "developed" in the slab.
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I have seen a LOT of early mint set quarters with ugly toning AND fingerprints like those slabbed at those high grades by the TPG's. I don't think the prints developed after slabbing. It is just a very high grade ugly coin.
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 Posted 12/06/2013  07:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upstate to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not a fan of fingerprints on coins (as if there is a fan base).
Some types of toning can be attractive, but I'm not feeling this one at all.

MatthewVincent mentions dipping, would a dip remove a print?

I ask because I have a common Peace dollar, BU, with a print that I bought a long time ago
thinking acetone would remove it. That is when I found out about the permanence of fingerprints.
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Here's another buy the coin and not the holder lesson.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-W-Marc...AOSwiYFXI5sn
Spotting on obverse and reverse, but it's a PCGS PR70DCAM First Strike!
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