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Can you imagine what their fingers looked like?
topstuf
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I'm referring to those whose job it was to "adjust" silver HALF DIMES! 
They did it as I was just looking at an image of a Flowing Hair Half Dime with file marks all over it.
They must have filed their fingers to the bone.
or dropped a lot of coins.
Tweezers maybe?
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Did they even have them in those days?
Likely silk or cotton gloves.... if gloves were used at all.... probably no gloves at all.... Cheers, RickO
"Work your fingers to the bone" seems to be a fitting cliché'.
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I can imagine. I’ve gotten nearly all of my callouses handling metal that wasn’t precious, in several trades over the years.
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