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What type of gloves should I use if I am handling my coins? Are latex gloves safe?

 

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cotton gloves are always safe

 

Latex gloves tend to contain a powder or lubricant to make putting them on easier.

 

Spider is right, cotton gloves are the best for handling coins. Your local coin shop should have them.

 

Welders gloves:smile
Varies pending people. Cotton gloves if very clean. Don't forget that cotton may pick up moisture easily and transfer to the coins. Also, eventually picks up the oils and acid from your skin.
The nice thing about the latex ones is you can buy them by the box of 100 or even more. Discard when finished and no big thing. The cotton ones people have a tendency to constantly wash to save money.

 

a cheap way is just put socks over your hands. they are made of cotton, just like the gloves.:goof:

 

Use cotton gloves, I would highly recommend not using latex gloves.

 

clean socks if you're gonna do it that way.

 

I usually just wear a clean cotton Tshirt - that way I'm not pulling gloves on & off or leaving them one the table or in the bathroom or wherever I'm going or have been because it seems whereever that is the gloves are never where I need them and they cost about the same...

 

Gloves seem to get in the way of handling the coin. I tend to just handle them with care by the edges, or not at all.

 

I use cotton gloves, my dealer sells em to me for 10 cents a pair.

 

Personally I use a pair of very clean pliers. The ones with groves at the end work best. :smile
I've never worn a glove of any type in well over 60 years of handling coins and nothing has hurt them yet. Must be my clean hands.

 

i just handle them by the edges. kindof poinless to have gloves unless you are touching proof coins or something.

 

yaaaa but what do you do with the prez bucks? (edge lettering and all)

grizz

 

Haha