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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1787231, member: 112&quot;]No, what we should advocate is that people not use gloves at all. Wearing gloves to handle coins greatly reduces your dexterity and tactile sensation in your fingers. And wearing gloves greatly increases the likelihood that you will drop a coin due to the loss of dexterity and sensation. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wearing gloves makes you clumsy. Think of any common everyday task that you do, like tying your shoes for instance. It&#039;s quite simple, you can literally do it with your eyes closed. Now put on a pair of gloves and try to do it. The same thing holds true with handling coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Coin dealers don&#039;t wear gloves, professional graders don&#039;t wear gloves, and experienced collectors don&#039;t wear gloves, and all for the reasons I mentioned above. So why should we teach beginners and novices that they should wear gloves ? Answer, we shouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; If you are going to teach somebody to do something, then teach them to do it right from the very beginning. Teach them to only handle or pick up a coin by its edges, teach them to be careful to not ever touch the surface of the coin. Teach them to practice handling coins with ordinary pocket change so that when they go to handle a coin for their collection they have the skill to do so.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Forget wearing gloves, you&#039;ll be better off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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