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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1787888, member: 15199&quot;]Accuracy is important. The palm side of the hand ( including bottom of tips of fingers do not have sebaceous ( oil ) glands, so there should be little or no oil there, unless from touching oily areas like hair covered epidermis. Sudoriferous ( sweat ) glands , yes, and the salty secretion is what reacts with coins to make the&nbsp; fingerprint, not oil.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cotton ( cellulose ) fibers in gloves have usually been chemical treated, and the hardness is more than coin metal surfaces or cotton cloth would be used to clean the coin surfaces.&nbsp; My thought is that if you have already handled thousands of coins ( besides searching boxes of cents, etc. ) it doesn&#039;t matter if you use gloves or not.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I need to use gloves, I would not use cotton&nbsp; gloves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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