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Valued Member
United States
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I've always heard these are the best gloves to use when handling coins. I was wondering where you buy them. Do coin shops usually carry them or would a store like Target have them?
~Andrew
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New Member
United States
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Check your "local" photography store. They are used to handle negatives.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Target of Wal-mart have them I do not use them myself I use latex gloves the kind you find in a doctors office you can get them a Wal-mart also. Bruce. |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
My wife gets them cheap at a beauty supply store, however, I have gone to latex also, as the cotton gloves produce too much lint for my liking. I think cotton may have been the best back in the days when latex gloves were for doctors only and too expensive. MM  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1454 Posts |
I use the cotton ones but after reading the previous posts I think I will have to try the latex ones.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Here is something else about using latex gloves if you do a lot of roll searching as I do latex gloves are the only way to go.
Bruce.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1262 Posts |
I also have been using cotton gloves.
Like others I am going to try latex gloves next time I buy.
Thanks for the info.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I would recommend using Power Free Latex gloves. They cost a little more than regular latex gloves.
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Valued Member
United States
50 Posts |
There are two problems with cotton gloves. In the first place, they can make it difficult to get a good hold of a coin, allowing it to slip away and fall on the table, or worse yet, on the floor where rim bumps are inevitable. In the second place, occasionally, little bits of cotton fibers will work loose and join a coin in the holder you want to place it in.
Personally, I am against using them, unless you have taken careful precautions that a coin accidentally dropped will only meet a soft landing surface.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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I wish there was an option besides cotton or latex. I like the cotton for handling proofs and BU coins because there is no risk of leaving any marks. It has been shown that fingerprints can still show up with latex gloves. I think the finger oils soak through. With cotton gloves, though, there is the lint problem and the grasping problems. We need another alternative!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It has been shown that fingerprints can still show up with latex gloves. I think the finger oils soak through.
It all depends on the type of latex gloves. I have to believe there are different types if you found some that allow oils to pass. We use latex inside of our cleanroom, and being class 1, I can guarantee that there are not "leaks" in the type we wear. I will try to find a box and list what type we use. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can also use non-latex gloves such as nitrile or chloroprene, those are not porous. I have to deal with some very toxic substances at work  and I trust the safety of my nitrile gloves. I would not, however, handle some of the things I deal with if I was wearing latex gloves. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Carefully handling a coin by the edge is actually sufficient protection for most cases. However if you need to (for example) place a coin in an album, or otherwise handle it under delicate circumstances, I like to use a small piece of handiwrap. It's completely inert, sterile and provides excellent adhesion, making it difficult to drop the coin.
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