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Valued Member
United States
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I'm curious I have some copper pennies with etched fingerprints. Will These marks fade as the coins turn darker brown? I never see fingerprints on brown pennies. Can you see the fingerprints under magnification? Should I keep these copper pennies or toss them back?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The fingerprints will likely not fade from new coins. You don't see them on circulated coins because of oxidation and the "handling" wear of thousands of dirty fingers.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
01/24/2018 7:26 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Pictures as requested. These copper coins have some ugly prints on them. I'm tempted to put them away again if I can't clean them up.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If they are fairly fresh, give them a bath in pure acetone. If that doesn't work, nothing will without damaging the coin.
But I really don't think any of those are worth messing with.
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Valued Member
United States
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I Already tried acetone. They are definitely etched into the surface. So they are a good example on how not to handle coins. Thanks.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It's a shame about the fingerprints, but they really don't look all that bad. If you have better ones and don't need these, then set them free. Otherwise, there's no harm in keeping these until you do get better ones.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Spend 'em!  |
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 United States
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So they are a good example on how not to handle coins. A good lesson to have learned--well done! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If acetone didn't help....nothing else comes to mind.
Just send them back out in circulation!
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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The votes have been counted. I'll set them free. Thanks for the advice.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 post some more soon (hopefully sans fingerprints  ) |
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Valued Member
Taiwan
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Can you see the fingerprints under magnification? I guess it would possible to see it unless the finger was rubbed... (In which case the fingerprint will be blurry) |
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Canada
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Spend 'em!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes. to late. May as well just spend them.
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