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Valued Member
United States
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What are the best gloves for handling coins? I have learned the #1 rule of coin collecting fast, but where do I get them? Can I get them locally or need to buy off the internet? I know another question from a new guy!  |
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Valued Member
 United States
55 Posts |
I know this must sound like an extremely stupid question and I have done some searches on this site.
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Valued Member
United States
458 Posts |
The main thing is it has to be pure cotton. My first set I bought I went to a drug store like a CVS or perhaps walgreen, wal mart, go to the ladies nail polish section, usually you will find cotton gloves there. I then went to AMOS http://www.amosadvantage.com/scottonline/ and ordered 2 sets which I found to be better than the original set I bought. Edited by CiScO
04/27/2006 10:40 am
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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I got cotton, or that special glass cleaning cloth...
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
as i'am learning here to it's nice to be able to help others learn. my experience so far is; indeed 100% cotton and as I often sort through uncirculated coins for hours on end, during a 'break' I will switch gloves to a 'new' pair. currently using two pairs.i'am washing them more and more often after noticeing that the coins (uncirulated) I handled two years ago are showing some toning around their edges from evidently finger oil, bleed-through the gloves.as they say "live and learn".i purchased mine through Walgreens in the cosmetics/nail polish section. |
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
So then ... 1 pair of gloves won't last for too long. We have to constantly change them or wash them.
Who would have thunk?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
Just a note on skin oils bleed through, if you wear surgical gloves underneath the cotton the gloves stay clean with no possibility for sweat to bleed though the cotton .
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
The only cotton gloves I've been able to find locally include 5% spandex. This sounds benign. Does anyone have any information on whether they are appropriate for handling proof coins? Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I purchased my white cotton gloves from a local chemist.
He supplies these for medical use and I find them much better than the "cheapies" even though they do not cost that much more.
Mine do not have spandex in them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
867 Posts |
You could try sweet-talking someone at a one-hour photo lab, that's where mine came from. Of course it helps that I worked there for a while and ordered supplies, so no one noticed that I "liberated" a few pairs. They only cost a few cents a pair, so I don't feel too guilty. [:0]
Rachel [:p]
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't collect milksops. If they can't take a gripping from Channelocks, I don't want them.  Okay, seriously, what about a dusk mask? Seems to me exhaling Budwiser particulates on the fields would be a bit of problem too. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Longnine009 Beer spots? LOL good point about breathing on the coins though. I read something a while back that the condensation from breathing on the coins may be the cause of some of those milk spots that keep showing up on the ASE's. I'll see if I can find where I read it and post back when I do. in the mean time, guess I better find some dust masks just in case! Margaret |
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Posted 04/27/2006 10:39 am
