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<p>[QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 2106535, member: 58633"]Dexterity with the coin is always a factor, but I find I have better dexterity overall, with gloves, than I do fooling around with tongs, or edge holding, or using objects as pushers and manipulators. It depends on what you are attempting to do. Often, gloves will make it a bit harder to pick up a coin, but overall easier in positioning and manipulating.</p><p> I only use gloves for high grade stuff, such as proof, and/or uncirculated stuff still in the mint packaging. For things like common proofs of low priced coins, its cost effective to put them in your albums, but I would keep high price/rarity coins in their packaging rather than handle them at all.</p><p> Most of the rarer coins I buy are in higher circulated grades that I can afford, and no gloves are needed. I also notice that if you handle a lot of coins with gloves, such as when searching rolls, they get soiled with a layer of dirt and particles of whatever the coins are made of, which will most definitely leave marks. But, gloves are cheap in bulk on Ebay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 2106535, member: 58633"]Dexterity with the coin is always a factor, but I find I have better dexterity overall, with gloves, than I do fooling around with tongs, or edge holding, or using objects as pushers and manipulators. It depends on what you are attempting to do. Often, gloves will make it a bit harder to pick up a coin, but overall easier in positioning and manipulating. I only use gloves for high grade stuff, such as proof, and/or uncirculated stuff still in the mint packaging. For things like common proofs of low priced coins, its cost effective to put them in your albums, but I would keep high price/rarity coins in their packaging rather than handle them at all. Most of the rarer coins I buy are in higher circulated grades that I can afford, and no gloves are needed. I also notice that if you handle a lot of coins with gloves, such as when searching rolls, they get soiled with a layer of dirt and particles of whatever the coins are made of, which will most definitely leave marks. But, gloves are cheap in bulk on Ebay.[/QUOTE]
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