RE: Silver great blue heron coin from Cayman Islands/ Re-blog lottery
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That's a great looking coin! It's unfortunate about the fingerprint. Is it possible to remove it with acetone, or is the damage already done at this point?
I have to say, that's probably the most flattering portrait of the queen that I've seen on coins bearing her image.
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That fingerprint won't take away from its melt price-- silver doesn't care-- but it killed whatever numismatic/collector value it had.
With damage done, the value lost won't be restored by cleaning it. Even if the coin looks spotless after fingerprint removal, on closer examination it can be detected that the coin was cleaned. It's best just to keep the coin as-is inside some sort of protector.
Cleaning coins is always a bad idea. It still has some numismatic value just not as much as one without some moron's fingerprint. Silver is silver, it is always going to be worth something! In a couple hundred years this coins will likely be very valuable since only 11,000 were made, but I'll be long dead by then!
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Never clean a coin, takes away all the numismatic value. She looked much prettier when she was young!
Normally, I agree with not cleaning it, but when the value is already diminished by a fingerprint, and if it's not already worth a significant amount, I'd personally rather get rid of the fingerprint if it doesn't damage it to the point it makes it visually less appealing. To each their own, though.
I think long term, in a couple hundred years someone might be grateful I didn't clean it. After all it will still be around when I'm long since dead. I have coins from two hundred years ago and I'm grateful to the owner at the time who took care of the coin. We are temporary custodians!
Fair point. I can't argue with that logic. 🙂