How To Hold a Coin

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I am incredibly new at this but I am using those blue non-latex gloves, only because I’m allergic to latex, but another user suggested I use cotton gloves which will be much more comfortable and warmer! I know they have them at walmart and they are very thin so you can feel the coin like you can with the other gloves. Just a suggestion. Great people on CT!

 

BTW welcome to CT. I too wear gloves. I’m glad to be in good company!
Now watch out before the angry mobs gets us!

 

Hey there! Thanks for the welcome

 

Great ideas

 

Remember...all coins/ hammered or milled started off as FDC
Reason most are in lesser grades today was caused by handling/ also known as circulation for legal tender. There are many modern "proofs" that are graded as "impaired" due to touching them with exposed fingers

 

Do you always have to wear gloves while holding gold/silver coins? If not when would you have to?

 

oooooohh! That dealer doesn't deserve to be a coin dealer! Put a negative mark on Yelp so that others won't go thru what you just went thru !

 

Sorry. Probably a stupid question, but would latex gloves be appropriate to hold coins??

 

I think there are special coin handling gloves, that seem to be made of latex. Even then, I would be carefull only to hold a coin by rim. Slabbed coins are probably best way to insure coin is never improperly handled while looking at it.Also, it prevents toning/ oxidation esp. for Silver coinage. Just look at all the coins originally issued in presentation boxes, without protective capsulation, most now are slabbed as proof 65/66/67....all where originally minted as 70s.
John

 

Thanx. Much appreciated.

 

Hey, just a reminder for all you guys wearing cotton gloves.
You better wash them after each use as your filthy finger oils saturate the sweaty, smelly fingers of your cotton gloves and do more harm to the edges of your precious "virgin" specimens than clean, dry fingers w/o gloves!

 

panzerman, posted: "I Just look at all the coins originally issued in presentation boxes, without protective capsulation, most now are slabbed as proof 65/66/67....all where originally minted as 70s."

And please take into consideration that the opinion above comes from a member with an extensive amount of experience with modern Mint issues!