Is it me, or do you cringe when you see a picture of someone handling nice coins with their grubby fingers? I have some cheapo white gloves, or i use a tissue or some other cloth as I don't want to touch them, even if old. What say you?
When they have these? I refuse to purchase. I also refuse to be friends with people with these... I feel like they will give me some disease or something, idk. https://external-content.duckduckgo...5889839ab1c8361c1944e748af27fd.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
I think somebody here said I should always wash my hands and then rinse my fingers in acetone before touching my coins. I remember watching some guy on YouTube who experimented making a Korean homemade-liquor (makkoli 막걸리) and was talking about the results of his home-brewing being sort of off-tasting every time he made it. In every one of the videos, you could see that his fingernails were utterly caked underneath with dirt and his kitchen was filthy. Yeah. I wonder why his makkoli tasted funny.
Curious- how is such composed? Lithuanian krupnikas is honey liquor. half related to that- when I make kugelis with a cheese grater, i am a believer that the blood and skin from my knuckles makes it taste better
Korean Makgeoli is made with: 1. A Korean "hangari" (yes, you HAVE TO use one of these, not just any old jar). 2. Korean yeast called nuruk. 3. A package of "quick start" yeast. 4. Cooked Rice (that you dry using a food dehydrator) 5. Water. Follow THIS recipe: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/makgeolli How to cook the rice: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/rice See this YouTube video:
I just opened 10 rolls of 2020 quarters that were nearly uncirculated, except each one had had fingerprints on them. WHY would anyone do that?
Handle them when you have to by the rims and avoid touching the surface with anything is pretty much as axiomatic as they come.
One of the worst examples I have seen was back in 1992 during a press event for the bicentennial of the Mint. For the event they borrowed some coins from the National Collection and there was a picture of George H.W. Bush holding up the Smithsonians Mint State RED 1792 Birch Cent in his bare hand with his thumb and forefinger firmly pinching the obv and rev of the coin. I bet the Smithsonian officials were having a conniption.
