Coin packing questions

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May be kind of silly, but eh, I don't know the answers yet .

1.) What are the best flip packages to get for coins?
2.) Is there a specific brand of gloves or type of gloves that you should wear for handling coins?
3.) Is there any way to wipe a coin or "clean" it without damaging it permanently.
4.) Not really a packaging question, but what kind of Loupe would you folks recommend, and if possible, could you link me to where I could buy one .

Thanks in advance.

-Daniel

nwcs

Best flips? kointainer
Gloves? Some people use cotton gloves, others are just very careful and use a drop cloth
Wiping? Never a good thing, I would never recommend it. But pure acetone can be helpful for a coin
Loupe? Any good quality triplet. Some use zeiss and others Baush and Lombe. 7x is about as powerful as you want unless you're going for varieties.

Cameonut

1) E&T Kointainer - Saflips - accept no substitute
2) I don't use gloves - am very careful
3) I typically don't wipe coins at all. It I have to touch the surface to remove lint, I use a sable paint brush.
4) Zeiss D36 loupe available from Margolis or the Eschenbach Achromat available from Safe Supplies. Both are a bit over $100 but well worth it. I have several B+L loupes that I don't like anymore and they sit in the drawer. The Zeiss and Eschenbach are equivalent IMO - I own both.