tongs or gloves

[robbiegal]

Woolworths usually have cotton gloves in multi-packs as well Ausjack.

Pedro

is that in the section with the laundry stuff?
I never seem to be able to find them in woolies

[Nevol]

If the cotton gloves are not in the Laundry aisle, try looking in the aisle where the ladies stockings are, as they used to be used for donning the stockings to stop any rough patches on the hands (or long fingernails) from laddering the stockings.  If that fails, ask a staff member.  Woolies and Coles both sell them.

[Pedro]

Yep, in Sydney at least the gloves are in the laundry aisle at Woolies.

Pedro

[purplepennyhunter]

I wonder if this link will work. Woolies shop from home
Ansell Cotton GLoves

[ausjack]

Thanks all, I'll have a look at woolies first and with a bit of luck I won't have to do much running around at all

[Fulvio]

It probably goes without saying, but just in case... you still need to be ultra-gentle, even with gloves on. Remember that if a cotton bud will scratch a coin, so will a cotton glove. The glove is just there to keep your oily mitts away from the coin.

[purplepennyhunter]

Still try and handle the coin by the edges. I get so upset if a seller mishandles a coin in front of me that is just one step away from being my coin. Sorry that's off topic, I've never walked into a shop and seen a dealer with gloves on.

[Unicorn]

They tell me Michael Jackson's right hand was an avid collector.

[robbiegal]

thanks for the woolie tips guys

yeah I HATE seeing pple handle coin bare handed
men seem to do it more
or is it that most dealers are men?

I did notice the way Belinda Downie handled that proof 1930 penny on the tellie
http://www.bigpondmoney.com.au/coin-collecting-for-fun-and-profit

[Goldseeker]

Sorry, but the writing in the story states a "Belinda Downie holding the prestigious 1930 penny "and not "Proof penny".

Even I bought my two 1930 pennies from Belinda, we all handled the coins with bare hands.   No gloves, no tweezers, nuttin.   After all the coins were circulated.

[robbiegal]

really
you didn't find them in lots
that is how I want to get mine

Belinda was wearing gloves when she was holding the proof on the tellie but I couldn't find the story
I only found the abc one about the controversy as to whether it was a Le Souef coin or not

[Fulvio]

Belinda was wearing gloves when she was holding the proof on the tellie

Well, yeah, you would... there are what, six of them total?

Circulated ones are as common as dirt by comparison. :dodgy:

[robbiegal]

this is the link to the 7.30 report
about 1/4 the way through Belinda is glamorously wearing the white glove
the story is in the link on the right hand side
it is interesting if you are interested in the pre-dec rarities

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2537612.htm

[Fulvio]

It doesn't need prominent people provenance."

:i_agree: ... he's absolutely 100% correct.

[robbiegal]

there are the fors and against
to glove or not to glove
Belinda Downie knows a hell of a lot more than me about rare coins
but i'd still wear the gloves , even with the old holey dollar and dump and at $80,000 estimate as well


MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 10: Belinda Downie, CEO of Coinworks holds the Holey Dollar and Dump as she prepares to put them on display at the World Stamp Expo on May 10, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. The coins are valued at $AUD 80,000 as experts estimate that only 350 Holey dollars and 1500 dumps remain. The World Stamp Expo is the largest exhibition of its kind in Australia and the second largest ever held in the world. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)