I have a nice MS morgan with a finger print on it

[bubbapauls-migration]

The coin is a graded 1884 cc Morgan graded MS 65 with what appears to be a thumb print. I was wondering if you could remove the finger print without lowering the grade.

[CHRISS]

Fingerprints can sometimes be removed while at other times be reduced in appearance. The acids and oils that make up fingerprints can etch into the surface metal of a coin sometimes making their complete elimination impossible though steps could be taken to prevent them from becoming worse in the future.

 

Coins already certified are evaluated prior to conservation in part to determine if conservation work is possible and beneficial but also to attempt to predict the grade of the coin after work is done. If the evaluators feel that there is a risk to the currently stated grade at least staying the same after conservation, then the coin would not be conserved.

 

Chris, NCS

[bubbapauls-migration]

And after this would it come back to me in an NGC slab even if you cant fix the print?