USS656

As soon as this activity started I would have stopped him, scooped up my coins in a manner that is appropriate and left and I wouldn't ever be going back!!!

GDJMSP

Any professional you ever talk to will tell you to never use anything but cotton gloves. Latex gloves, surgical gloves of any kind are specifically not recommended.

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haidee

alright, now i have to use gloves to handle my coins... (it's getting weird for me as i read on, i thought it's not this complicated (",)
but thanks for the info guys

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rdo

Ok. so what's your secret way to pick up a coin laying on a desk (or floor). I fumble around trying to pick it up by the edge but always seem to spin it around or I end up facing it?
See, even regular coins I find on the floor or desk may be a keeper for my collection.

mrbrklyn

tongs

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rdo

lol! I got an image of a person walking around the mall holding tongs looking for coins on the floor.

mrbrklyn

I used to use them in the chemistry lab.

Ruben

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GDJMSP

if you find a coin laying on the floor someplace it's not likely that you are going to hurt it any by picking it up. Just pick it up.

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mrbrklyn

Are you sure. How about fingerprints on Cents?


Ruben

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Drusus

use common sense people...soft cotton gloves will not scratch metal... you can hold the coin in your gloved palm without harming the coin...good lord...if you dont have gloves, pick it up by the rim...if you have gloves...dont rub the coin with all your might but you wont harm the coin by touching the surfaces lightly with soft cotton...

In the end...if the coin is heavily circulated, you arent going to do any more damage holding it in your clean hands then years of circulation has already done. All the same I dont tough surfaces unless I have gloves on...

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De Orc

You can purchase coin tweezers I have a couple of pairs the ends are encased in a plasticy type of material

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haidee

coin tweezers, cool!

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GDJMSP

Sorry Dru, but they will.

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Drusus

Well, we will have to disagree. I have held coins in my palm with soft cotton gloves, even held them between thumb and fingers and I defy anybody to show proof that it made any scratch in the medal....it simply didn't. Iwouldnt recommend scrubbing a coin with heavy pressure, but holding it lightly in or on soft cotton...it wont harm any part of the coin.

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spock1k

game on. my money is on GD. whos playing?

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