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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eskychess, post: 101441, member: 4692&quot;]Very interesting reply QuickDog - All I can say is that yes, there has to be some dirt coming off those babies, because sometimes my fingers get a black coating of dirt and it takes a little scrubbing to come off. This is very similar to shoving nickels in a machine at the casino, the mere quantity produces a lot of dirt and grime. As for bacteria - Well, I&#039;m not a doctor or a biologist, but I can&#039;t believe that handling money even in large quantities would make someone ill. I mean, washing ones hands should be good enough - if it wasn&#039;t I&#039;m sure there would be some awful loud warnings that would have been sounded long ago. The one thing I do know about bacterias and viruses, is that they don&#039;t last too long out on their own. Meaning, metals are just not the best places for them to thrive - they have their prime environments and a coin is NOT it. For the most part, too cold. Molds, actually most molds are harmless - so again I&#039;m not really overly worried and also, molds don&#039;t usually hang around coins, it just isn&#039;t the right place for them. Yeah, there are some candy coated pennies and we&#039;re talking large volume here so anything is possible, but for the most part, even the most disgusting of pennies is actually pretty durable when it comes to bacteria and germs. I&#039;m sure some of the pennies I have handled have been in sewers, or touched in the most disgusting manner (Use your own imagination ... hehehe I&#039;m sure it&#039;s a sick thought that is probably true concerning where a penny has been.) ... but I&#039;m not afraid to get sick if that penny has been away from that environment for any length of time. I wouldn&#039;t recommend putting the coins in one&#039;s own mouth or anything like that, but I must say, my opinion is that if someone washes their hands sufficiently, they probably will not get sick. There are far greater worries such as buffets at restaurants that people should worry about rather than handling money. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Esky[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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