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stm004stm004 Posts: 28 ✭
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This coin grading and slabbing is new to me and I’m a new collector Question I got is I have watched a couple of the PCGS videos of how the they grade and slab coins. But I never seen any of them have gloves on to keep finger prints and oil off the coin. I thought this was a big thing to always do. Am I wrong ? Thanks. Might just. Be a dumb question on my part

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Holding coins by the edge is good enough as it protects the obverse and reverse from getting any finger prints

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 27, 2019 5:06AM

    Very good question @stm004.

    They are holding them by the edges. Should never be any contact with the ob/reverse of the coin.

    Your holding the coin firmly by the edge but not tightly were the padding of your fingers is enveloping the edge and onto the surface of the coin. I’ve seen those edge over fingerprints! :o

    Some say wearing gloves can lead to more oopsies.

    I personally do both, regardless, have a nice soft padded, clean, lint-free surface for the oopsies.

    Edit to add. Coins with edge lettering. Gloves preferred. Sometimes forget. Life goes on. :D:)

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 27, 2019 12:22PM

    Gloves are a joke for very many numismatists. It was a do as I say and not as I do thing. Conservation specialists often use gloves so that's possibly why all the photos of authenticators' in the 70's - 80's showed coins being examined with gloved hands. We never used them off camera.

    Think about it, the majority of coins have been in circulation or handled for decades - including the gem Unc's. More important is to keep your hands washed and dry while working over a soft surface such as a velvet jeweler's pad.

    I'm lucky the "disagree" button is gone because there are many paranoid collectors who swear by gloves! So, in the end. it is your choice. Use white cotton and KEEP THEM WASHED & CLEAN!

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just use my finger tips.

  • stm004stm004 Posts: 28 ✭

    Thanks Everyone !!! I do like the no glove policy think there is less chance of a drop. I will have to get me a nice pad i dont have that...

  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    I'm lucky the "disagree" button is gone because there are many paranoid collectors who swear by gloves! So, in the end. it is your choice. Use white cotton and KEEP THEM WASHED & CLEAN!

    Seriously? Out of everyone, you are the last person I expect to care about someone else's disagreement. Only if user's profiles still list the leader board of "disagree" :'(:p

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did have the "record" due to one computer savvy EX-MEMBER troll. Nevertheless, as soon as having a high number of "disagrees" became popular, my total would have been surpassed soon.

    IMO, the disagree button was a very good option. Unfortunately, many just disagreed w/o posting a rebuttal for their reason - VERY LAME.

    So Turbo, <3:p how do you feel about gloves?

  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    I did have the "record" due to one computer savvy EX-MEMBER troll. Nevertheless, as soon as having a high number of "disagrees" became popular, my total would have been surpassed soon.

    IMO, the disagree button was a very good option. Unfortunately, many just disagreed w/o posting a rebuttal for their reason - VERY LAME.

    So Turbo, <3:p how do you feel about gloves?

    Depend on the individual. Gloves are preferred since my hands sweat very often. Even if I only hold the coin by the rim, there will still be a chance of finger toning.

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