How Important Is the Tactile Feel of Your Coins To You?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by longshot, Feb 15, 2020.

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  1. I love to touch my coins.

    7 vote(s)
    24.1%
  2. I occasionally remove my coins from their holder and handle them.

    5 vote(s)
    17.2%
  3. I would if I could but worry about damaging them.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. I'm great with my coins in a protective holder.

    17 vote(s)
    58.6%
  1. longshot

    longshot Enthusiast Supporter

    A lot of my better coins are slabbed but I sure like the feel of a big raw silver coin. How about you?
     
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  3. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    The more you handle raw coins, the more likely you are to damage them.

    Any raw coin I have is only raw long enough to rinse in acetone, dry, and then immediately placed in a protective holder.

    The need to fondle my coins has never been important to me.
     
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  4. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

    Me too. I often handle only the smoothed out ones just to get a coin feel fix. Then I'm good for a while.

    Not that one should handle valuable coins at all, but I totally understand the impulse to hold a coin in the way it was originally used.
     
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  5. Inspector43

    Inspector43 Celebrating 75 Years Active Collecting Supporter

    I don't have any slabbed coins. I handle them carefully and protect them in 2X2's.
     
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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    The only raw coins I really touch are any junk silver coins that I come into contact with.
     
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  7. MK Ultra

    MK Ultra Well-Known Member

    Worn Morgan Peace.jpg I recently picked these up b/c one of the stores weighs and sells by weight, so I didn't have to worry about paying the $20+ dealers charge for Morgans. I know some people collect P01, but I don't want all my coins to look like this. Extreme example, I know, but if I get the urge, I would fondle these.
     
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  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Definitely a fondler.
     
  9. Maxfli

    Maxfli Well-Known Member

    I'm more interested in how coins look, rather than how they feel, so the tactile aspect isn't an issue for me.
     
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  10. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    When I completed my set of 50 Peso Mexican gold pieces I insisted on those prior to
    1947 be TPG (All ended up being NGC MS-63 to 65). The 1947 which was a re-strike I specifically purchased raw from a reputable dealer, simply so this large gold piece could be handled/fondled.
    I attended the Houston Money show at that time and the dealer had a new roll of '47 re-strikes and gave me the choice of any piece for $1100! (Wish now I had picked up several)
    J.T.
     
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  11. geekpryde

    geekpryde Husband and Father Moderator

    Feeling the coins has never been important to me. Actually, it actively stresses me out thinking about it. :nailbiting: I like my coins in TPG plastic.
     
  12. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Yeah, I was trained the same way -- but they're COINS. It seems somehow perverse to lock them away from physical contact, since their whole purpose is to serve as a physical token of value.

    I feel the same way, only more strongly, about new-in-box collectible toys. It's great to see them, but somewhere in the past there's a kid who would really like to have played with that toy...
     
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  13. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I too am a fondler. Not to worry. My finer coins are protected in TPG plastic. But I am very much like @longshot. An old coin in my hands is better than a good book in my hands. They speak to me..... My doctor is working the problem.....
     
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  14. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Wow, great question. Repeat it in the Ancient Coins Forum. People there hate slabs and there are even how-to posts about cracking them out.
    You should buy an Alexander Tetradrachm. The feel of this coin is marvelous. I wouldn't handle most other coinage this way but...
     
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  15. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    Since my fingerprints provide no added value — along with the fact that I have real klutzy days — mine are best off in a protected holder.
     
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  16. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Yes, I own one.

    It was out of a holder long enough to apply acetone and take a picture, and then it went into a holder.

    And, the ancient guys hate holders so much it feels extreme.

    JPAN2 obverse.JPG JPAN2 reverse.JPG
     
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  17. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    :(:(:(
     
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  18. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    May your doctor never find a cure.
     
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  19. ja59

    ja59 Missing the Beach just not as much as ...

    I too like to "feel" my coins. But alas, I relegate that to a few very smooth (almost awesome) pocket pieces. Currently common Morgan, Ike, and Kennedy half! Most others (except 90% silver collecting) are in some type of holder.
     
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  20. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    Holding the coin is necessary to learn to detect counterfeit pieces. If you are afraid of mishandling them, you need more practice. Watch video of TPGers - they don't wear gloves for a reason.
     
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  21. bradgator2

    bradgator2 Well-Known Member

    I have a counterfeit 1889 CC morgan that I like to fondle.
     
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