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Valued Member
United States
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Hello forum, I have a question. I've been collecting for a long time and have accumulated many coins. I have a renewed interest in the hobby in the past year or two, I'm now trying to store them more efficiently to preserve their value. Generally, anything that I think is worth more than $15-20 I'm putting in an air-tite. For my coins of lesser value I'm using mylar flips and will eventually place the flips in coin pages that will fit into a three ring binder. Anyway, is there a trick to getting the coin into the mylar flip so it's straight? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Hi TSmith and welcome to the forum! We're a pretty friendly bunch and just loaded with collective expertise.
Best way I know to get the coins into the flips in a more or less straight manner is with use of latex gloves although some use cotton gloves. I am deathly afraid of getting fingerprints on my coins, so the gloves take care of that with the added advantage of having a decent purchase on the coin to get it into the flip at the right angle. Also, thos flips can have the pocket sides stuck to each other, so the latex gloves help open it.
Fred
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Valued Member
United States
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I am wondering which flip to use.The softer or the stiffer one.Only comment on question.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
455 Posts |
Fred, thanks for replying and welcoming me to the forum. I'm also concerned about fingerprints on my coins, I use cotton gloves and only handle coins by the edge.
I thought even a gloved hand on the face of the coin might could cause problems, especially with proofs. Maybe I'm being too cautious? I'm curious why you prefer latex over cotton?
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Valued Member
United States
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I use a large pair of surgical tweasers. Big 8" long. Will grab from a silver dollar to a penny. Cover the ends with a rubber shrink wrap that can be purchased at most hardware stores. Maybe it was just my big fingers but they always seemed to be in the way when I tried to examine a coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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Just a thought, but the mylar faced 2x2's provide a more secure holder, no chance of friction rub like in a flip...and they are cheap, too. I use them for all my duplicates
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Originally posted by TSmith3510
Fred, thanks for replying and welcoming me to the forum. I'm also concerned about fingerprints on my coins, I use cotton gloves and only handle coins by the edge.
I thought even a gloved hand on the face of the coin might could cause problems, especially with proofs. Maybe I'm being too cautious? I'm curious why you prefer latex over cotton?
Cotton gloves are a little too insensitive in my opinion and get dirty fairly quickly after handling several coins. Also, I'm a retired wildlife biologist and used (still use on occasion) latex gloves for decades to protect my hands from all those vile body fluids in dead, anethetized, and still-kicking wild animals while protecting myself from potential nasty wildlife diseases contractable by humans (zooinoses), so it's as much a personal preference than anything else. Latex gloves are also easy to find at any pharmacy whereas I'm not certain where I might find cotton gloves. Like most issues, both glove types have their adherents and opponents.  Fred |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Originally posted by sandpaper
I am wondering which flip to use.The softer or the stiffer one.Only comment on question.
I use Safe-T-Flips (mylar) which tend to be stiffer, but do not contain coin-rotting PVC. Fred |
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United States
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thanks,Fred thats what I was wondering
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