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Valued Member
Canada
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I'm collecting silver dollar for a little while and I'm thinking, if I had in my possession a real 1948 Silver dollar ... I would not think a second touching the King with my bare hands ...I even look at HIM with goggles so it isn't my bare eye !  The seller even put the picture with the coin in hands... have a look : http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Key-Date-1..._1577wt_1137I was wondering what's the people would think of this  ? How do you guys would manipulate a 1948 Canadian Dollar? Is it normal to find ungraded 1948 dollar at this point with his value increase each year ? Well so much question.... Edited by SilverMaple
08/16/2010 4:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
White cotton gloves a couple inches over a velvet coin mat. Thats how I would hold it. Some people just dont understand how to handle coins. Had a teller at a bank the other show me a Silver Proof Kennedy half that someone had given one to each of the tellers. They thought it was the coolest thing ever and that it was gonna be worth a lot on day. She tells me this while rubbing it all over in her hands... I just smiled and said I was happy for them.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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On the "faces" of the coin is never a good idea, but holding it by the rim
between the fingers is to be expected. PCGS handles coins with bare hands, their reason being that gloved hands are less agile, and a grader is more likely to drop a coin. I don't know about ICCS, but I imagine it's the same deal.
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Valued Member
Canada
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i touch my 1948 allllllll oooooovvvvveeeerrr  but then again it is in an ICCS holder....if it was a bare coin holdiong it by the rim would be ok..just keep it close to a surface so if it slips less likely to damage |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2448 Posts |
About PCGS, that's amazing. I knew they "bare handed" gold coins, but even the mints use latex fingerlettes (sp) on silver. I only know that PCGS never returned my inquiry concerning how they handle silver coins.
I always use cotton gloves and a good mat when handling MS coins of any metal. I've already messed up enough coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
I would be worried to introduce unappealing oxidation spots on the rim. I personally do not touch worthy silver coins with my bare hand.
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Valued Member
 Canada
241 Posts |
that's what I tough "canadian_coins" even the rim can get affected. On my silver dollar collection all faces of the coin is important, the rim included. I'm amazed to see that not lot of people here seems to bother the manipulation process of a coin like this (1948 Canadian silver dollar) it's surprising !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
I am shocked.
I have a lot of coins that are in bad shape that I don't even lay in my hand the way this seller did.
Hold a coin by the rim? - Hmm, maybe a poor coin. Not this one.
Wierd part is that his listing sounds like he at least has a clue about the coin.
I wonder if he taped it onto a piece of cardboard so it wouldn't rattle around inside the envelope during shipping.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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In storing such a coin, have you considered cutting up some mylar plastic sheet into 2" x 2" squares to use inside square 2" x 2" cardboard coin holders? As most of us are probably aware, Mylar is PVC (chlorine) free. Certainly worth considering for such nice coins.
My usual ploy for modern coins is to use such a method or enclose them in acrylic coin capsules. I store my more valuable ancients in the first mentioned method.
By the way, Mylar is the plastic sheet that is used in all of Australia's banknotes.
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