Can you imagine what their fingers looked like?
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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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Rubber gloves, I would think.
Edited to "leather gloves". Rubber gloves weren't invented until the 1880s, which is a bit late.
Did they even have them in those days?
Maybe leather...
Natural rubber is pretty old, although I'm not sure when it was first used for gloves. Blacksmith's used leather, I believe, through most of the 19th century. So maybe leather.
Internet says that rubber gloves were invented in the 1880s, so I'll amend to "leather gloves"
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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