What kind of gloves do you prefer for handling coins?
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Nitrile, non-powered latex and cotton all seem to have a following.
Which do you prefer and why?
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Cotton.
How do you handle cotton fibers getting on coins?
Here's the funny thing about wearing gloves. I have seen video's of professional grading services handling coins without gloves. What do they use. I have heard of a no -static spray, not sure what that is. I personally use a light cotton glove I purchased in bulk from a cleaning company that was supposed to be used in clean white room environments
I never use gloves nor do I think they are necessary. I just thoroughly wash my hands with a dishwashing detergent such as Dawn and then dry them thoroughly before handling my coins. I hold the coins by the edge over a soft surface in case I might accidentally drop one. I've never had a problem.
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I use the PerryHall method as well. Gloves, you don't need no stinkin' gloves!!!
None. The only time gloves come into play is when I'm putting an ASE into a Dansco, and that's so that I'm not leaving a fingerprint on the coin when I make sure it's set in the album clear of the obverse slide.
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I experimented with gloves and found that they tend to cause you to drop coins.
Keep your hands clean (NO EATING!!!), and work over a pad so that if the coin does start to slip you just let it fall and not damage it trying to grab it.
As messydesk says they are OK for putting coins into albums or Capital Plastic holders or whatever where you have to push the coin.
Clean, dry hands only.
One of my predecessors at ANACS, John Hunter, got a VIP tour of the SFAO in the 1970's. His guide was taking him through the Proof Set packaging area, where the people assembling the sets and making sure that the coins were face up and upright were wearing smocks, hair nets and gloves.
All of the sudden they came upon a woman who, between sets, was reaching her gloved hand into an open bag of potato chips, shoving them into her mouth, and then using that same gloved hand to assemble the next set! John laughed when he told me the story as he was trying to describe the guide's reaction!
Never really had a problem with cotton fibers, at least not that I noticed.
no gloves. I would suggest someone wears a face mask before I'd tell them to wear gloves --- I imagine more damage has been done by inadvertent water droplets and vapor than fingerprints.
Boxing gloves. Oh wait; that's for when dealing with other dealers.
No gloves now way.
I also handled film all my life with no gloves.
I handle coins by the rims. The coins that I collect are well over 200 years old and with few exceptions have circulated extensively. So no gloves for me.
No gloves, just washed hands right before handling and I never speak over the coin, if I need to talk while holding the coin, I'll hold it away while talking. I've made that a habit. Like the others said, gloves are good when pressing coins into the Dansko pages or holders that require pressing the coin with pressure, or occasionally using my fingernail to void oil or fingerprints.
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I never use gloves nor do I think they are necessary. I just thoroughly wash my hands with a dishwashing detergent such as Dawn and then dry them thoroughly before handling my coins. I hold the coins by the edge over a soft surface in case I might accidentally drop one. I've never had a problem.
I found cotton gloves to be slippery. Risk is great of coin slipping out of hand with cotton. Just wash hands and handle coins by the edge over soft surface. Microfiber cloth is my choice for handling coin when placing coin into album slot.
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_ I never speak over the coin,_
Good advice. Years ago, I asked a dealer to pull a 1909 SVDB cent out of his case to take a close look at. Right below the date was a green speck. I suspected someones spittle got onto the coin and started the corrosion process. Shame because it was otherwise a nice coin.
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong. I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein- quoted in Saturday Evening Post interview (1929)
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” For Einstein, honesty was fundamental. Attention to truth in small things reflected a person’s integrity on a larger scale.
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Bulk Cotton gloves especially when I put them into the 2 X 2 snaps. The inner holder has to fit just right (snug) on the edges. Can be tricky. I can’t remember the supply chain I ordered from. Maybe the Wizard coin supply.
No gloves for me. Clean dry hands on the rims only. If I need to press a coin into an album I use a cotton ball between my finger and the coin.
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I never use gloves
Kid gloves.
Just my clean paws!
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Cotton archival quality which are designed to be lint free as possible. I only use them and a mask when handling proofs.
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Snagged a couple of pairs of Leuchtturm white cotton gloves at Hobby lobby for cheap. I am not finding any fibers sloughing off the gloves and thats under magnification. I like them. Peace Roy
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Clean, dry hands - no lotion. I handle my coins bareback
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I wash & dry thoroughly and just keep in mind the natural oils will return to my fingers in a short amount of time.
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What gloves? Isn't that like...wearing a c*ndom?
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I was gonna say oven mitts..
But only when handling common date obverse bisecting rainbow toned Morgans in deep gold, neon pink and electric blue. 😉
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When I was new here I asked forum member @wayneherndon a question about gloves. A little later I was placing an order with him and what do you know he slipped in a pair of cotton gloves gratis.
Well the punch line is the first coin I handled was bullion gold and, you guessed it, it slipped out my hand and wound up with a nice ding.
For me the moral of the story is hold coins by the edge.
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No gloves. If I get oil on the coins I just scrub'em up and good as new!
All mine are in plastic.
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Cotton gloves won't do much after the eBay seller handled it with hands like this...
For the most part...just clean hands, and handle the coins by the edge.... I use powder free nitrile gloves when handling coins to put in albums, air tites or self slabs...Too much chance of fumbling and getting prints on clean surfaces.....had that happen once. Cheers, RickO
I remember the day I recovered the Linderman 1804 dollar. It was a gorgeous Proof. As we sat in Ed Rochette's office being interviewed by an FBI agent, I kept fondling the coin, by the edge, and admiring it.
Eventually my coin lust was sated, and I put the coin back into its poly sleeve and into its flip and dropped it into my shirt pocket. Eventually the agent turned to me to ask a question about the coin, and he suddenly noticed that the coin was no longer in plain sight. "Where's the coin???" he almost shouted, so I just took it out of my pocket and handed it to him. His jaw dropped, and he said "You'd put a coin like that in your pocket???" and I said "Of course. Safest place in the room. I know where it is."
I have held two raw 1804's, as well as the 1870-S half dime and $3 and a 1913 Liberty nickel and a few other rarities, all without gloves. The trick is to pay attention to what you are doing. And hold your breath when you are looking at them up close.
(During the reunion in Baltimore I got to hold all five 1913 Liberty Nickels in the palm of my hand, but they were in KoinTains so it does not count.)
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