To be fair the grader held it by the rims. I was more disturbed by the guy placing the coin in the white holder. I can see opportunities there for sure. These people handle 1000 coins per day. I'm sure they have lapses and don't take great care with each and every coin. They should be wearing gloves at least.
If you are in the habit of gripping the coins by their rims wearing gloves and losing the feel of the held coin might be detrimental.
When I'm zipping through coins I've tried it both ways. It's easier for me to fumble a coin with gloves on.
As has been mentioned, each grader and finalizer handles a lot of coins and I'm confident they know what they are doing. If they choose no gloves there is a good reason.
Quote: Does anyone else find it disturbing they didn't use gloves?
Not at all. They're unnecessary and increase the chance of dropping it. I know one of the rebuttals is always surgeons wear gloves, except they wear them because they have to to protect themselves and disease. Unless you're sending in ultra moderns everything they grade has been handled before without gloves by previous collectors.
The only place where it would bother me is in encapsulation where they are pressing the coin into the insert and centering it with their fingers. VERY easy to put a fingerprint on the coin at that point, especially around the prongs.
Quote: But really, I wonder how many ms70 that got sent in and then got ms69 after being handled.
Another reason why I do not think I will ever submit anything myself. Sure, I will buy a slabbed coin, but I prefer to let someone else stress over the process.
Quote: But really, I wonder how many ms70 that got sent in and then got ms69 after being handled.
Basically none. Coins are metal not puddy. Take a random mint state coin and touch it, you won't see any difference. It takes a bit even with circulating coins to notice anything
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