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Numismatic gloves??
I've been a lurker here and appreciate the vast amount of knowledge here. I
have a question that maybe you all can help with. I bought a complete set of proofs and uncirculated sets, 1959 - 2003 and all of the silver proof sets - 1992-2003. My plan is to break them out of the sets and put them into Dansco albums, to have virtually complete sets of everything from 1959 on. I'm concerned about leaving fingerprints on these coins as I break them out and put them into Dansco albums. I guess it's best to wear gloves when doing this. Is that correct? Either that or use a piece of cloth when touching the coins. Are there special numismatic gloves designed to be used for this purpose? I tried tight fitting thin gloves one other time and found that when I tried pressing the coin into the album, part of the glove would always try to go in the hole with the coin. What are the best kind of gloves to use for this and where do you get them? I thank you, and my fingerprint-free coins will thank you! |
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"Donald Tucker" asks...
Are there special numismatic gloves designed to be used for this purpose? Yes, from the ANA costing hundreds of $$$ apiece. Or.........You can simply source white cotton gloves from any of dozens of places in dozens of varieties. Fitted Left & Right ones, Universal disposable ones, thin ones, thick ones, etc.. Some even use the latex disposable ones, which I suppose are OK as they do separate your body oil from the coin, but they are usually powdered, make your hands sweat and smell funny and in general, aren't as nice as the white cotton ones. By the way, I was kidding about the ANA ones. Go here to find a Google of gloves. http://tinyurl.com/iwaj Always here for my fellow syngraphist or oenophile. --=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=----=*=-- |
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"Donald Tucker" wrote in message ... I've been a lurker here and appreciate the vast amount of knowledge here. I have a question that maybe you all can help with. I bought a complete set of proofs and uncirculated sets, 1959 - 2003 and all of the silver proof sets - 1992-2003. My plan is to break them out of the sets and put them into Dansco albums, to have virtually complete sets of everything from 1959 on. I'm concerned about leaving fingerprints on these coins as I break them out and put them into Dansco albums. I guess it's best to wear gloves when doing this. Is that correct? Either that or use a piece of cloth when touching the coins. Are there special numismatic gloves designed to be used for this purpose? I tried tight fitting thin gloves one other time and found that when I tried pressing the coin into the album, part of the glove would always try to go in the hole with the coin. What are the best kind of gloves to use for this and where do you get them? I thank you, and my fingerprint-free coins will thank you! After you've read the info that Jim provided for you, it's good to be informed on a subject. Go here and purchase some. http://www.brent-krueger.com/cleaners.html Scroll down (under the Dellars darkener) and two kinds of gloves are available. Maybe I'm anal (OK, I am), but I use a pair for copper coins and one for silver coins. HTH, Ed |
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Thanks all. I think I'll puchase a few of the BRENT-KRUEGER LG501MU extra
thin cotton gloves. Maybe those will be tight enough so as not to have the cloth keep trying to go into the slot as I push the coins in. Thanks. "Donald Tucker" wrote in message ... I've been a lurker here and appreciate the vast amount of knowledge here. I have a question that maybe you all can help with. I bought a complete set of proofs and uncirculated sets, 1959 - 2003 and all of the silver proof sets - 1992-2003. My plan is to break them out of the sets and put them into Dansco albums, to have virtually complete sets of everything from 1959 on. I'm concerned about leaving fingerprints on these coins as I break them out and put them into Dansco albums. I guess it's best to wear gloves when doing this. Is that correct? Either that or use a piece of cloth when touching the coins. Are there special numismatic gloves designed to be used for this purpose? I tried tight fitting thin gloves one other time and found that when I tried pressing the coin into the album, part of the glove would always try to go in the hole with the coin. What are the best kind of gloves to use for this and where do you get them? I thank you, and my fingerprint-free coins will thank you! |
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"Doggo" wrote in news:bgj6iv$pgdqb$1@ID-
164171.news.uni-berlin.de: After you've read the info that Jim provided for you, it's good to be informed on a subject. Go here and purchase some. http://www.brent-krueger.com/cleaners.html Scroll down (under the Dellars darkener) and two kinds of gloves are available. You can buy Dermatological Cotton Gloves at your local pharmacy. I can't say if they are any more or less lint free relative to gloves sold as numismatic cotton gloves. |
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I went to the local camera shop and purchased some cotton gloves that
are used for darkroom work. They work real well with keeping fingerprints off the coins. Steve |
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Good point. I'm also looking for opinions on whetehr to break them out. My
thinking is this: the sets, even from the late 50s and 60s are not very expensive. With 1959 to the present, of the circulated sets, proof sets, and silver proof sets, I'd have a complete set of Kennedy halves, the majority of the Washington quarters, including all of the state quarters, and the majority of the Roosevelt dimes and Jefferson nickels. Not to mention complete sets of Sacagewea dollars and Anthony dollars (minus the rarer varieites). And a nearly complete set of Ikes. Just the Kennedy halves set sells for, what, $800 or so. I haven't looked at the going prices for these, but I imagine the quarters set would go for maybe $500-600?? And the dimes would be another $350 or so, at least?? Just that adds up to about what I'm paying for the proof and mint sets. My feeling is that breaking them up and putting them into albums would add to the value. Also, just because of the visual experience, I'd prefer to have each coin together in their own albums. I'm doing this by buying the proof and mint sets because this way I know I'm getting original, nit cleaned or dipped, coins. "ynotan" wrote in message news:XwaXa.56194$YN5.42348@sccrnsc01... The glove issue has been covered, but unless you just want to display in a Dansco for your personal reasons, I would also look @ an interceptshield album. Im not certain, but there are people in this group far more experienced than me [and please render your opinion], but I would think the coins would hold more value kept as a proof set, vs breaking them out ?? -- Tony Hawley, PO BOX 15174, Portland,Oregon 97293-5174, E-mail : , eBay ID: ynotan1, RCC - ID: ynotan, ANA # R-192172 "Donald Tucker" wrote in message ... I've been a lurker here and appreciate the vast amount of knowledge here. I have a question that maybe you all can help with. I bought a complete set of proofs and uncirculated sets, 1959 - 2003 and all of the silver proof sets - 1992-2003. My plan is to break them out of the sets and put them into Dansco albums, to have virtually complete sets of everything from 1959 on. I'm concerned about leaving fingerprints on these coins as I break them out and put them into Dansco albums. I guess it's best to wear gloves when doing this. Is that correct? Either that or use a piece of cloth when touching the coins. Are there special numismatic gloves designed to be used for this purpose? I tried tight fitting thin gloves one other time and found that when I tried pressing the coin into the album, part of the glove would always try to go in the hole with the coin. What are the best kind of gloves to use for this and where do you get them? I thank you, and my fingerprint-free coins will thank you! |
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I also have proof/mint sets beginning 1950. I asked my dealer which way
to go because I also was considering breaking them up and putting them in individual albums. My dealer said NO. Keep the sets together instead of breaking them up. The coins are worth more as a set than individually. I have been dealing with him for years now and he's never led me astray. And, he is not the only one to tell me to keep them together. But, it is up to the individual on what to do and what will make you happy. bob |
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