Do any of you guys use a examing or jewlery pad like made out of felt, leather, etc. for examing coins? I'm thinking about building me own
Yes. I use one. I've purchased them and also made them using a stiff art board backing with a 1/4" piece of foam covered with velveteen which was secured on the reverse with everyman's favorite tool...............duct tape!
Nah! I'm cheap! I use a towel, but I make sure it isn't laundered with fabric softener in the wash. Chris
I bought one recently. It's a shallow plastic rectangle with a velvet/velour type removable bottom. It's about 1 3/4 inches deep, and about 8 X 14 1/2" size total. I bought it to use to put my coins in that I'm sorting, etc, so they stop going onto a hard surface.
I have my own design for looking at circulated coins. I have made a couple different sizes and generally use the one that was made to fit in a card box as it is easiest to handle. You can hold any coin from Morgan to a dime with the same flexibility. I would never put a high grade coin on it for fear of leaving hairlines. The surface is as smooth as I could get it.
I use one, maybe 5x7", jewler's pad. It was cheap at only a couple dollars. Works well, fits in my box when not in use.
I bought at a surplus store a black matte piece of fabric. Good for photo backgrounds, and padded so if a coin drops on it its protected. Not bad for like a buck. About 1.5 foot in diameter.
Duck tape can do anything! well, anything but clean a coin without damage. I used it as a patch for the seat of my bike once.
You forgot..............................................DUCK TAPE!!!!!!! That project will be a disgrace!JK, not insulting you literaly
It does everything well except for one thing...taping packages for shipment. Take it from a FedEx guy
