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Do you use gloves when handling your coins?
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I was looking at some coins on APMEX and saw they had this listed in the text:
Handle your investment with care by adding these cotton gloves to your order today.
I usually don't handle my coins but when I do I just hold them by the edge.
However I do wear cotton gloves when I'm photographing a group of raw coins so I can pull them out of the flips quickly.
Do you ever use gloves?
Handle your investment with care by adding these cotton gloves to your order today.
I usually don't handle my coins but when I do I just hold them by the edge.
However I do wear cotton gloves when I'm photographing a group of raw coins so I can pull them out of the flips quickly.
Do you ever use gloves?
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But even when handling raw coins, I don't wear gloves. I hold them by the edge very carefully. I rarely handle excessively valuable raw coins though.
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I've never used gloves
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No, but I do wash my hands first and handle by the edges. I do also use care not to breathe over them when handling.
My sentiments, exactly, when handling raw coins.
I rarely handle ultra expensive raw coins.
They are generally in slabs.
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Usually, if just doing something quick, I go with the edge.
However, if putting certain coins into my albums or our self-slabs (for personal use/gifts/storage), then, yes, I do use gloves.
If I am removing a lot of them from flips, then I either have the cotton glove held so the coin(s) drop safely and softly down on the glove or I wear it and pull out the coin the last bit of the flip.
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It's actually very easy to drop the stupid things when wearing gloves.
No, my coins are in slabs.
Same here. When I do handle valuable raw collector coins I usually wash and thoroughly dry my hands first and handle them by their edges.
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If the coin is worth anything I always wear gloves. I also wear a mask in case I sneeze or cough. I wish dealers would take these simple precautions. Greasy fingers and food next to raw coins just doesn't do it for me.
The major grading services handle million dollar coins with their bare hands. Scary, isn't it?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
If the coin is worth anything I always wear gloves. I also wear a mask in case I sneeze or cough. I wish dealers would take these simple precautions. Greasy fingers and food next to raw coins just doesn't do it for me.
The major grading services handle million dollar coins with their bare hands. Scary, isn't it?
I always assumed the graders were required to dress like surgeons. With full robes, gloves and surgical masks. I guess I assumed wrong.
I use them when I add raw coins and proofs into my Dansco albums.
Same here.
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If the coin is worth anything I always wear gloves. I also wear a mask in case I sneeze or cough. I wish dealers would take these simple precautions. Greasy fingers and food next to raw coins just doesn't do it for me.
The major grading services handle million dollar coins with their bare hands. Scary, isn't it?
The graders don't.....what about those that are putting the coins into the slabs?
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Lesson learned.
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I only wear gloves handling spending money. I took bets at OTB for a short time, had this big sweaty lady pull a soaking wet bill from between her breasts to place a bet. I use to tell people that was the only job I had where I had to wash my hands before I pee.
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I only wear gloves handling spending money. I took bets at OTB for a short time, had this big sweaty lady pull a soaking wet bill from between her breasts to place a bet. I use to tell people that was the only job I had where I had to wash my hands before I pee.
Obviously, you have never been a chemist!
When pressing coins into albums I use one of those cloths for cleaning glasses.
No rubbing obv.
After a while, one gets used to it, or quits. It changes how you talk, since everything is muffled, and you cannot see the face, just the eyes.
I do a lot of work at home on greasy, nasty, grimy, rusty old car parts, and just have gotten in the habit of wearing gloves, to cut down on having to wash my hands for 20 minutes, and cuts.
I can go through 20 a day, so it was a logical extension to use them on coins. I wear XL gloves, but have a box of mediums to handle coins. Better grip than just fingers.
If the coin is worth anything I always wear gloves. I also wear a mask in case I sneeze or cough. I wish dealers would take these simple precautions. Greasy fingers and food next to raw coins just doesn't do it for me.
The major grading services handle million dollar coins with their bare hands. Scary, isn't it?
The graders do.....what about those that are putting the coins into the slabs?
My understanding is that professional graders do not wear gloves because small coins are too hard to handle without the danger of dropping them. They do work over a padded surface. This was discussed a few years ago with one of the profession graders shedding light on this subject.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
If the coin is worth anything I always wear gloves. I also wear a mask in case I sneeze or cough. I wish dealers would take these simple precautions. Greasy fingers and food next to raw coins just doesn't do it for me.
The major grading services handle million dollar coins with their bare hands. Scary, isn't it?
The graders do.....what about those that are putting the coins into the slabs?
My understanding is that professional graders do not wear gloves because small coins are too hard to handle without the danger of dropping them. They do work over a padded surface. This was discussed a few years ago with one of the profession graders shedding light on this subject.
Typo on my part....I understand it the same way about graders....they don't.
I was wondering more about the ones slabbing them.
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I like to leave full thumb prints on my expensive coins. If they are stolen and subsequently recovered, they'd be easily identified. Saves me on Insurance premiums..
I never thought about that, it makes sense. Okay, I in.
Basically NO I do not.
I don't think PCGS uses gloves either.
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There is a beauty in raw coins. A beauty you can't see in plastic. Once you handle a 1000 or so it is no big deal. Practice with change.
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