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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 981878, member: 19065"]But you don't know how clean I am, so you'd probably loose your wager.  ...I know well about the antibacterial qualities of the metals. Have  read and researched it and quoted it on these threads myself from time  to time. "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" is a phrase from a time  with infant mortality was high, children in wealthy families who could  afford silverware were far less likely to suffer from infections and  disease than poorer children who ate from wooden spoons. At any rate, the anti-bacterial argument about coins is just one aspect  in regards to living organisms being unable to exist on metals that  oxidize and kill off the bacteria outside of a living host. Coins ARE  still filthy, an accumulation of dirt, grime, dead skin cells, metal  corrosion, gum, tar, glue, wax, makeup, food, oils... you name it, money  is nasty and when coins get that much gunk on them they're not clean.  My hands don't build up gunk like that and if they do I clean them  before touching myself, others or other things. Coins don't get washed  as often as do one's hands (or as often as one's hands ought to be  cleaned.)[/QUOTE]