Samid's gloves

Samid's gloves are a set of coin-generating gloves available for a limited time from the Squeal of Fortune. They can be converted into coins on the Squeal of Fortune for varying amount of coins, dependent on the levels of the receiver. The gloves give off a cosmetic effect golden glow effect around the hands.

When equipped, the gloves will generate coins while the player trains non-combat skills. The gloves have 100 charges. As you skill, you will randomly gain a sum of coins after a certain period of time (around 5 minute intervals. This is seen with Fletching or for skills with less actions like Agility courses). The amount of coins given is dependent upon your total level, similar to cash bags. When this happens, an animation plays where a shower of large coins drops from the sky and surrounds the player. Each time coins are generated, one of the gloves' 100 charges is used, and the game tab message displays "Your Samid's gloves produce some gold!" followed by an indication of the number of coins that have been added to the player's money pouch. Multiple charges can be expended at once, for example, receiving ten times the coins from one charge, at the cost of ten charges being removed. This makes it difficult to predict how long a pair of gloves will last. Once all the charges have been used up, the gloves will remain purely cosmetic.

When the item is won on Squeal of Fortune, Convert to coins is not advised as the cash price is approx equal to 10% of the theoretical amount of coins that can be made using the gloves using all 100 charges. This value is based off the player's total level.

The effect of the gloves does not work with lamps or experience rewards, such as when turning in strange rocks.



Controversy
Due to the large amount of coins that these gloves generate (2 to 5 million at higher levels), the fact that players can own multiple Samid's Gloves, and the fact that the chance to win them seems to be very high for how valuable they are, this item has been criticised as being a form of gold selling by Jagex.

Many players have also voiced a concern that the gloves may cause an inflation of coins due to the large amount of coins generated per set of gloves.

Trivia

 * Samid is an anagram of Midas. King Midas is a figure in Greek Mythology, known for his ability to turn everything he touched to gold.
 * It is estimated that you can obtain around 2-5 million coins just from the 100 charges.
 * Despite their examine text, the gold will go directly to your money pouch and not on the floor.