Half Penny Jon Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Hi everyone,How do you handle your coins? I use special coin tweezers or just hold them by the rim to prevent corrosion. Quote
Sylvester Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 i handle them by hand but only hold the edges. Quote
mint_mark Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 I've never heard of coin tweezers! Do they have little rubber grippy bits on the end?I hold them between my finger and thumb, and over a soft surface just in case Quote
william Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 I also hold mine between my finger and thumb, but only round the edges . I hold them over a padded case incase I drop them. Quote
Emperor Oli Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 I just hold mine between finger and thumb. I've yet to find some nice white gloves though! Quote
william Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 I've yet to find some nice white gloves though! I'm considering buying some of them, do you know where to get them, I would be very interested... Quote
Emperor Oli Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Actually I've been worrying my parents, but on sites for Wedding attire, they do nice white gloves for the bridegroom etc which are nice but I don't know their buildup and they are quite expensive! Quote
william Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Actually I've been worrying my parents, but on sites for Wedding attire, they do nice white gloves for the bridegroom etc which are nice but I don't know their buildup and they are quite expensive! Practically everything to do with weddings is expensive... Quote
Chris Perkins Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 What's wrong with my cotton cheap gloves £9.00 for 3 pairs? Quote
Emperor Oli Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 That's the thing though - why three pairs?? Quote
william Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 What's wrong with my cotton cheap gloves £9.00 for 3 pairs? I didn't know you had some of them (goes off to have a look at the accessory shop...)! Where are they, I can't seem to find them, can you give me the URL? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 http://www.predecimal.com/collectors/shop/gloves.htmAha, so that's why none of those are selling! You can get to them but it isn't easy!I used to sell 3 pairs at a time because of minimum credit card transaction amounts....I can of course let you have 1 pair for £3.00 Quote
Emperor Oli Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 I'll buy some next time I purchase some farthings! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 Master JMD has worked out the signature! Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted April 17, 2004 Author Posted April 17, 2004 I've never heard of coin tweezers! Do they have little rubber grippy bits on the end?I hold them between my finger and thumb, and over a soft surface just in case I got them from Lindner when I bought my coin trays. Yes, they have bits of rubber on the ends. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 I can get tweezers too, and the Lighthouse large coin trays are exactly the same as Lindner in every respect, they stack together etc, you can't tell them apart, except for the name on the drawer handle.He's a thing that you maybe didn't know....Lindner enforce a price fixing policy and for a coin dealer to be eligible to be supplied by Lindner you have to promise that you will sell them at the price they tell you te sell them at!That's why the lighthouse ones are cheaper, I can charge what I like, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they are even made in the same factory, for that matter.I do not supply Lindner because of the price fixing, and would only do so if I was asked to be enough people. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted April 17, 2004 Author Posted April 17, 2004 I definately didn't know that about Lindner, I ordered four trays and countless capsules from them direct so I wasn't aware of any price fixing. The only compensation is the fact that their trays are quite good. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 Indeed they are, they're the best, but Lighthouse are the same!....And if you ordered from Lindner in the UK, then you ordered from a normal Lindner dealer, like I am a normal Lighthouse dealer. They do the foreign opperations cheaply by just picking a dealer in the UK to call 'Lindner UK', or whatever.The only way you can truly order direct, is from the German factory, like I do. Hence my prices are pretty damn good for Lighthouse. Quote
TomGoodheart Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I used to be paranoid and only carefully handle coins by the edges. I never used tweezers, I'd worry I'd drop the coin!Now most of my stuff is 360 years old and I think it seems a shame not to handle a piece of history like that. I obviously would'nt stick my fingers all over the thing or pick it up while eating jam sandwiches. I'm getting one of those Nichols cabinets soon so I'll probably play with my coins more once they are out of the coinholders they currently reside in.Course, my Ed VII matt proof will stay protected! Quote
william Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Everyone on here seems to be obsessed with those Nichols things!! Quote
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