Mucky fingerprints

[1949threepence]

I wonder what our friend Bill Pugsley would make of this ?

No, in all fairness I bought it already slabbed. Anyway, here is a photograph on which you can just see the fingerprint at about 7 o'clock. The image also shows the difficulty of photographing through a slab - the coin is about 1000% better than it appears here!

Thanks Derek.

Two points here:-

a) Even if PGS weren't responsible for the fingerprints, they perhaps should wear light gloves when performing the slabbing process to avoid fingerprints on the surrounding plastic.

b ) The photographing of coins through slabs is an important one, as once inside, they are not camera friendly, and you don't get a good image. Quite important, certainly as far as eye appeal is concerned, when it comes to selling. I've not seen a good photo of a slabbed coin yet. Pity a more camera friendly slab can't be developed, or else, as both Peck and I suggested in the CGS thread, that it becmes possible to legitimately remove from a slab, and then be able to re-insert, without loss of official grade status.

(If the 1894 was busted out of the slab, it might be possible for a fingerprint expert to say whether the prints on the coin and plastic, were from the same individual)

I don't know if anyone has ever watched the NGC corporate video on their website that proudly takes potential customers through their NASA-esque facility. I couldn't help noticing in the video that their graders handle the coins without gloves, albeit very deftly.

Hmmm.......however deft, one slip is all it takes for a potential fingerprint in the fields of your BU specimen.

[PWA 1967]

All my fault ive got my pennies confused, this is the coin I was looking at, I'm a bit surprized it got a rating of UNC 80. Its horrid AIMHO and they want £375 I wouldnt part with half that for it

http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=retailv2_details&coin=Penny+1863+Victoria&uin=0001678

That should be in their shop for a while.

Just been reading this thread and yes its still there and as pies said is horrid.