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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are non-hypo allergenic (latex-like)-(not sure of actuall chemical composistion) Gloves avilable the do not come with powder and are Usually green.
I however wear the cotton gloves on anything important, unc's And Proofs Sometimes I do like to handle circulated coin's for the same reason to rub your finger acrost it and feel the relief of the Die struck coin is awsome
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12/24/2006 4:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Im not so aure about latex either. Cotton works for me just fine though.
Andrew
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9441 Posts |
I don't use gloves at all, most of my collection is circulated coins and have been touched that many times that a few more wont matter. I have heard that the best way though, is to wear latex gloves under cotton gloves. this helps to stop sweat building up in the cotton gloves, so they don't need laundering as often. Also the sweat can build up enough to come through the cotton gloves and onto your coins. Steve  |
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Valued Member
United States
287 Posts |
We always use cotton gloves on coins that grade AU or better. We believe cotton to be the best choice and laundry them as needed.
Also when a person handles a coin, that person should hold the coin out in front of him. When anyones talks there may be a small amount of salavia that may exits the mouth ( we all are very well groomed people but it does happen to almost everyone). Salavia is more destructive to a coins finish that fingerprints.
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
I use cotton gloves for BU and proofs only. I am always careful to handle even circulated coins by the edge only, but I like the added protection of using gloves for the higher grade coins.
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Moderator
Australia
16850 Posts |
Our coin club went on a visit to the local university's antiquities museum, which, though fairly small, has one of the best public collections of ancient coins in the state. We had a "hands-on" session after the tour, and everyone was issued with cotton gloves - museum policy for handling all their artefacts. Now, it may seem strange to some folks that coins which were minted 2000 years ago, buried in the ground for most of the intervening time, dug up, cleaned and then shipped off to a museum on the far side of the planet would need careful handling. Still, rules are rules - and if visitors like us mishandled them, the museum wouldn't have much to display in a couple of generations. Personally, I don't normally use gloves when handling coins. If I did, reusable, washable cotton gloves sound like the way to go. If disposable gloves are desired, latex may not be the best choice - latex is loaded with sulfur, and who knows what's in the powder they use; a latex smear could be nearly as bad as a fingerprint on a mint state coin, in the long term. I'd probably prefer the powderless "nitrile" gloves we use in the chem lab at work. Polyacrylonitrile is chemically inert, though it is more expensive. It's also a lot safer than it's other name (polyvinyl cyanide) would tend to imply - just don't set them on fire when you're done handling your coins. Hydrogen cyanide is rarely fun.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1152 Posts |
For my low-er grade coins, handlin them by the edge works fine, but for the proofs and BU's, it's gotta be cotton gloves.
Andrew
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I love the feeling of handling my coins directly. That said, however, I would always use cotton gloves if I was handling a proof or a valuable uncirculated coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
Cotton, and I launder them.
I would echo the comment that if you go latex, go powderless.
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Valued Member
United States
256 Posts |
Cottonelle because it's so sqeezably soft.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
954 Posts |
I used to use cotton but switched to latex not long ago. It gives me way better control of the coin and no possibility of scratching.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1626 Posts |
I use latex when handling BU and above. I use the green ones scoutjim99 mentioned. These have no powders. My daughter gets these by the bulk because she uses them at her beauty college for dying hair. So they are free....and free is for me. I also find the latex gloves open the dansco album plastic slides real easy.
Tim
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Non-latex gloves are made of nitrile or chloroprene (two most common types). The only real difference between the two is chemical resistivity and elasticity. They are available in several colors depending on the manufacturer- white,blue, green, purple.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by Becky
I used to use cotton but switched to latex not long ago. It gives me way better control of the coin and no possibility of scratching.
I agree with Becky on this one I always use latex more control when holding your coins. Also use them when I roll search coins. BRUCE. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I remember I used to have a 54 Olds Super 88 brand new. I modified the heck out of that car and one thing I did was make sure I had seat covers on the seats at all times. Eventually I sold that car. The seats under the seat covers were like new. I saw that car several years later and the seats were all ripped, dirty and had all kinds of stuff on them. the car had dents, scratches and rust. I realized I am saving stuff for someone else to distroy or enjoy. The moral of that story is I never wear gloves when handling any coins and that includes proofs, uncirs, etc. I'm very old and if a coin ends up with my finger prints on it in a few hundred years and I'm still here, then I'll feel bad. But for now, no gloves.
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