Please Help Me Find Some Honest, Reliable, Uncleaned Sellers

bobbyhelmet- True. SO other than digging in various parts of the former Roman world is there any way to find uncleaned lots which might contain some rare coins?

I'm afraid the boat has long left the harbour for uncleaned Roman or Greek coins. Twenty to thirty years ago - before the advent of the internet I used to see piles of true uncleaned Romans on dealers trays at coin shows. Foolishly I didn't buy loads of them - and they were cheap. Since the internet - knowledge is cheap and the people who find them just don't treat them like a bulk commodity anymore. You might, just might get a rare 4th century emperor in an uncleaned lot - but that's about your best hope for finding something rare. There will never be any silver of gold there unless it's been left in on purpose. The gold is likely to be an Indian fanam or the like - just to spice up the feedback.

The only real hope of sorting through an uncleaned lot is, I'm afraid, to find them yourself. Alas the Romans presence where I live was meager to say the least (though there have been romans found).

Hey archess- this is one of the people I have bought from and one of the reasons I started this thread. I actually bought from grandmas instead of grandpa, but I believe it's the same peoson or husband and wife team. Same location, business name etc. I got one decent coin from a lot that I bought but it had a few chunks out of it. The second best coin is flat but you can kind of see what was there if the light hit it perfectly. The rest I'm either still trying to get the crap off or have turned out to be smooth pieces of metal.

Oh, and I asked a question once and got an extreemly rude answer. I questioned their answer and never got a response.
Overall, not an experience I care to repeat.

The last uncleaned coins I bought were from Purse of the Legionary and were advertised as "Premium" uncleaned coins. Each and every one is attributable, but I still have a few soaking. The problem is the price. I paid "premium" price for these uncleaned coins. I think I paid near $50 for 6 20mm-24mm AE2 coins. Now I look for coins that are cleaned and attributed coins that cost me $5-$10, and I know I have something I want. Of course, I sometimes spend much more, but I would have done that anyway.

JW

That's the conclusion I would come to. I don't think I would buy from a seller whose customer service was no better then that.

JW

Ah, it is against the law then. But I buy directly from a couple of sellers in Serbia. Some of my best coins have come from there.

JW

jwharper if you come again to Serbia let me know. At least we Serbs are social :) We could drink one rakija,heheh(it is national drink,something like whiskey).