Best gloves to use for coins? thermoplastic elastomer Gloves?

Hi, I was wondering what gloves are best for messing around with coins and putting them into Saflips? Are thermoplastic elastomer gloves good, or do they have PVC in them. Is CPE gloves good. Cotton? Nitrile?

 

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Just wash and dry your hands before hand and hold the coins by the rim and theyll be fine

 

It puts on the lotions.....

 

I totally agree . Gloves are too cumbersome for coins in my opinion .

 

Bare hands are safest. The only time I use gloves they are nitrile and for conservation with more irritating chemicals.

 

I use very lightweight 100% cotton but do not know If they are the 'Best Gloves' to use.
I've heard no complaints from my coins!
J.T.

 

Agree.

 

Same.

 

I use lint-free woven nylon gloves designed for handling optics, jewelry, coins, etc. They are reusable and fit well enough that handling coins is not a problem. One brand is Gloves Legend, available at Amazon and elsewhere. Not expensive.

When I’m going to work with coins, I spread a thick terrycloth towel on the desk or table. Then slit a new 1-gallon polybag on two adjacent seams and spread it out on the towel. Towel prevents bouncing or rolling of dropped coins … you will drop them occasionally no matter how careful you are. Polybag keeps towel lint off the coins.

Cal

 

Doug,

I disagree. If collectors want to avoid creating coins that look like the first three pics below, they should wear gloves where practical … thin, well-fitting, lint-free gloves. May not be practical in many circumstances … change or roll searching, or dealer handling lots of raw coins for example. Even if you’re careful, it only takes a momentary lapse to implant your nasty ridges on metal.

Of course, if fingerprints don’t bother a collector, why not go whole-hog and have a token made with their fingerprint? See the last pic.

Cal

 

I don't need gloves and have never had a problem.

 

I wear glove for a proof coin or something MS and clean, but for most coins that have seen circulation, I don't see the point, many hands have touched them already, I also don't use much care either for circulated examples.

Now I'm deathly afraid of making up a proof coin, through fingerprints, or breath or dropping them, or whatever, no lie. I don't like opening or handling them at all if I can avoid it.

I dunno, I think the whole glove thing is overrated for most cases though, jsut my opinion. I get it if you are roll hunting, want some protection to avoid torn cuticles and hangnails, want to keep the dirt off your fingers, but for that I think anything will really do, the cheaper the better since it's gonna get filthy along with the table, any mat or cloth used ect. ect. roll searching is dirty work!

 

If searching a whole bunch of coins, as I do with world coins, I wear the nitrile gloves but more to keep my fingers clean than to stop prints on coins. LOL

 

I just Wash and dry my hands as others have said! I did buy some padded tweezers to use if I want to take a picture of the edge of a coin!!

 

Every time I have tried gloves it has met with disaster.