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Valued Member
United States
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Nice silver Gil-galad. I too am looking to start collecting some silver, but alas must start slowly. Have learned much from the community, especially JW. Thanks much!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!
Silver is nice but I do recommend collecting copper alloy coins first. Not only do a lot of them seem more affordable, but you also gain a lot of knowledge and perhaps less chances of being ripped off. Which is exactly what I am doing is what I'm saying.
I've been buying a lot of coins lately and I've noticed many things along the way and learned so much. Once all the coins come in that I have ordered, in addition to what I have now, I will have a whopping 23 coins! I'm planning on ordering some more within a few week's time.
I also learned a lot from JW and he's been a big help in getting me started in ancient Roman numismatics.
This is a very fun hobby, I've noticed so far. Enjoy and welcome!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't give me too much credit. It'll go to my head. Really only trying to help establish new blood in this great hobby. There are many others on this forum who know much more than me. Stick around. We can all learn together.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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JW, I understand what you mean. Although, we want to be thankful because you do help people out and it's a good thing. This hobby can be somewhat overwhelming in the beginning. And now, as promised, here are the last two coins of this batch that I just received in the mail this very morning.  Aurelian RIC 48 Aurelian AE Antoninianus. Rome, 272-274 AD. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSER, Jupiter on right & facing left, presents globe to Aurelian opposite, P in ex. Cohen 105, Sear5 11542.  Maximinus II Daia Siscia RIC 171B Maximinus II AE Quarter Follis. 305-306 AD. MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, naked except for modius on head & chlamis over shoulder, holding patera & cornucopiae, SIS in ex. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Again, nice coins  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thats the mint mark I have on my Aurelian but its really worn and you can only see it from the side. You have a good bunch of coins here.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I really like the Maximinus II quarter follis Mainly because I'm collecting GENIO coins at the minute, these QF coins can be quite expensive and add to that the fact that its Maximinus II and you've made me very jealous  Some of these QF coins were in the past extremely rare until a few large Balkan hoards were found. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the Aurelian is mis-attributed. The "star P" makes it RIC 225. I'll take the hit for that. Sorry
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Valued Member
United States
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JW has been a big help to me as well Gil-galad, as all on this forum. I do appreciate the time it takes to attribute a coin and the history behind them. I tried to purchase a batch of uncleans a couple of days ago and had JW look at them. He thought he saw something in the center coin and sure enough I got blown out of the water with my bid. Did pickup another batch, but I have feeling they are going to be kinda what I've been told before....slugs! Hope not though. I still need an avatar!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I've been trying to avoid those lots because I've already had bad results from cleaning coins that were only partially cleaned. A Valens coin, blew the patina right off, left some patches on the coin that I couldn't remove. Where the patina was blown off, the surface of the metal looks bleached and very ugly.
Another coin, a lot of stuff was removed but was left turned black and won't come off. Where the stuff has been removed has bare metal that looks shiny. But it doesn't look good. It's a Constans coin.
A Julian II coin I placed in distilled water and it turned green on me. I then placed it in a small cup of olive oil. That solved the problem but also turned the coin a little darker.
Only two coins turned out good. I ran some hot water on them and cleaned with dish soap and a very light scrub with a soft toothbrush. Then quickly drying them.
Even those problems if you don't run into slugs. I just pick and choose coins based on what I want and I do find decent and low grade coins for a decent price. I really don't want to clean any coins unless I have to, honestly. lol
I got blown out of the water as well on one bid and a couple others. But I don't mind, there are so many coins out there to collect, it's almost beyond imagination.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sometimes it's best not to heavily clean some coins because the dirt actually highlights some of the legends and devices. Also, sometimes the dirt looks good on a ancient coin.
I certainly won't clean a coin with a nice sand patina.
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Valued Member
United States
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These are not totally crusted over. Well, that's not completely true. A FEW of them are not totally crusted over, where you can actually see some detail. I only spent about 16 bucks, including shipping for 10 coins. If two or more come out looking good, I think I'll be happy. Most of all though, it is my first purchase of ancients and just handling them will make it worth the few bucks I spent on them. Thanks for the advice.
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Valued Member
United States
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Gil-galad, was it you that was experiementing with hydrogen peroxide? I seem to remember reading a thread on this forum that had quite a few members trying out the 3% solution on uncleans and seemed to work with some success on some coins, but not on others. I'd have to go back and look for that thread.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have been looking at different references books to purchase and of course online reference material as well. I think you said at this point you don't own any physical books on ancients? You might have noticed I'm trying to get my post count up as well. :) Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, I used 3% hydrogen peroxide to clean some coins. The results wasn't always good. I used HP on a Valens and Constans coin. That's the results I told you about.
As far as books are concerned. I have a few PDF books that I downloaded and I was given some as well. I've been exploring my options for a hard copy. Since they are very expensive, I'm not sure I'll get one for awhile.
As long as you are happy with the coins, that's what counts. If those uncleaned coins are good enough to attribute after cleaning, that's an additional plus. Eventually you may wish to get some higher quality coins.
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