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Hi I was just wondering if using rubber coated gloves was bad for your coins, if someone could help that would be greatly appreciated.
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Pillar of the Community
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Imho I don't think I'd use rubber gloves. I even frown on latex or nitrile gloves. I'm old school with the white cotton ones and still handling the coins as little as possible. Edit: If I could clarify one thing. I've been handling a lot of proofs and uncirculated Lincoln Cents lately. I agree that a good hand washing and good handling habits are fine for circulated coins. I somehow got something on an inexpensive LMC Proof once so I always wear cotton gloves for those. Personally I've never had a lint issue. Edited by chafemasterj
03/31/2019 07:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
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 Z143!  I think cotton gloves are the best for handling coins. IMHO |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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To the Forum. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Gloves are unnecessary especially on circulated coins, just wash your hands first and hold them by the edge.
That said if you insist on using them medical ones are likely the best with cotton being the worst. Dirt and lint stick on cotton to much and they sacrifice the most dexterity.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The TPGs don't use any kind of glove, even on the most valuable coins, so I don't either.
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to the Community! Quote:
Gloves are unnecessary especially on circulated coins, just wash your hands first and hold them by the edge. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Gloves .... a total waste of time and completely unnecessary!
Better advice , don't talk over or breathe on a coin . Only handle by the edge
with clean hands over a soft surface ,just in case of an accidental drop.
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Sound advice.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Sound advice You don't want the sound of a proof coin hitting a hard surface! |
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Natural rubber has usually been crosslinked (vulcanized) with sulfur, which is especially bad for copper and silver. I have a few 20th century bronze coins that obviously had a rubber band around them at one time, and now have a dark discolored stripe across the surface. Even if the exposure from a glove is brief, I would not do it.
Synthetic rubber is chemically different, and generally more inert, though these often have some kind of slip agent on them (very fine cornstarch, for instance) so that they don't stick together. This can come off on the coins.
My understanding is that cotton is recommended for handling coins because it has none of those issues. If lint is an issue, you can use compressed air to deal with it.
Personally I am just not that fastidious with my coins (I also do not have modern high grade MS or proofs in my collection). I am in the same camp as Pacificoin and basebal21.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've never used any kind of gloves on coins in well over 60 years now. No problems with my coins. |
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I find using any type of glove cumbersome . I just wash my hands and hold the coin by the edges . Place a dish towel on work table or paper plate. I'm sure we all have our own little methods . Just a little tip , don't blow on any coin or holder to remove dust, hair or cardboard shaving's .  |
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Sound advice T-Bop. If you were to blow on a coin in 6 months you'd discover your coin spotted. My older son had a protective slide out of his Whitman LMC album. That exposed 12 red coins. He blew on his album to remove a small piece of paper. Fast forward 6-9 months and half of the coins had itty bitty black spots starting to bloom. Edited by chafemasterj
03/31/2019 12:23 pm
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Agree the best way is to just wash hands thoroughly then handle with bare fingers. But if I were to take proofs out of packaging or flips, I would probably put on a pair of tight nitrile gloves to avoid any printing risk on the edges. Fingers are constantly secreting corrosive oils from sweat ducts.
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You don't want the sound of a proof coin hitting a hard surface! |
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