silly question, how do you keep coin smell out of your hands?

santafeboy

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The smell I really hate is clad junk however silver smells sweet to me
 

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optix said:
I imagine most of you use gloves, but what kind works best? If you are handling a large amount of coins, the smell is bound to get trough the gloves.

Only go for the Ag coins, that way your hands don't stink... :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
 

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lol I wash my hands too, just thinking if I decide to handle a large amount of pennies and 1/2 dollars. Silver does smell sweet to me also :)
 

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numismatists wear gloves.....

hunters get their hands dirty.....for goodness sakes just use some lava soap after....... :laughing9:
 

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I use Fast Orange, then soap; the stuff is absolutley great.
 

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I keep a bottle of hand sanitizer near my coin station, and a towel (or jeans). It keeps the hands clean when I need it, and I can easily clean off dirty junk silver.
 

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I don't know for sure if it works with coin smell, but using shaving cream on my hands and ice chest gets rid of the fish smell after fishing all weekend. Just an idea.

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BuffaloBoy said:
If you can't handle the smell, you can't handle CRH. :whip2:

Well said! I don't use any gloves and don't plan to even when I increase my volume.
 

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I use latex gloves for sorting cents. When I'm done I'm always amazed at how filthy they are. Sure, I could just wash my hands instead. But if you saw how filthy these things are after handling that many coins you'd be less likely to want to rely on hand washing alone.

Then again, I tend to believe that cents are much dirtier than halves.
 

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mts said:
I use latex gloves for sorting cents. When I'm done I'm always amazed at how filthy they are. Sure, I could just wash my hands instead. But if you saw how filthy these things are after handling that many coins you'd be less likely to want to rely on hand washing alone.

Then again, I tend to believe that cents are much dirtier than halves.

After doing $500 in dimes and $200 in nickels, you should have seen my hands.
 

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cents generally have more "crud" on them but copper is a naturally bacteriocidic :-)
 

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If you're really concerned about this or want a way to make sure clean up is a breeze...take a small dab of liquid laundry detergent and rub it on your hands. It creates a layer that will hold all the dirt and grime from penetrating the skin.

Learned this one working on cars back in the day.
 

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I wash my hands when done, and then purell them. Seems to kill the smell pretty good. But then again, I'm not one to sniff my fingers either! :laughing9:
 

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