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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1683221, member: 112&quot;]Proof coins that are minted today, and in recent years, are not touched by human hands. But it isn&#039;t because the mint people are wearing gloves, it&#039;s because people never touch the coins period. It&#039;s because it is all done by machines.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in years past that was not true. Proofs were touched by human hands, and hands that did not have gloves on them. But care was taken not to touch the surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also have to understand something else - what happens to a Proof, any proof regardless of when it was made, once it leaves the mint ? A great many of them, I would even say the majority of them, are removed from their mint packaging by their new owners, collectors and dealers alike, and put into albums, 2x2s, flips, rolls, coin tubes, or other coin holders. And those coins are touched by human hands, bare skin hands. Just about any Proof coin that you buy as an individual coin, has been touched by human hands. That is because almost no one wears gloves to handle their coins, any coins. It simply isn&#039;t done.</p><p><br /></p><p>This has been discussed many times, yes there are some few people who do wear gloves, but very, very few people. I know of no dealer who ever does it, no professional grader ever does it, and no knowledgeable collector ever does it. About the only people who do wear gloves are beginners who have read or heard someplace that they should wear gloves.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even they soon find out that they shouldn&#039;t wear gloves because gloves greatly lessen your finger dexterity and that can cause far more harmful accidents with the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Put a pair of gloves on and try to do anything that requires dexterity. Try to tie your shoes for example. Now take your gloves off and do it and try to tell me it wasn&#039;t easier with the gloves off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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