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ancientcoinguy Pillar of the Community United States 842 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 5:33 pm How many silver or gold coins have you found in your uncleaned lots you have purchased? I am just curious to see how many slip through the diggers and the middle-men before we get them. I have found one silvered Denarius of Salonina, a silver Denarius of Septimius Severus (still being cleaned...50% complete), and one small silver Ottoman Empire coin I can't decipher. Do share! Report this Post to the Staff

jessvc1 Pillar of the Community United States 2596 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 5:57 pm Ive only found silver washed coins so far. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 6:02 pm I've found two over the years. One was an M. AEMILIUS (POMPEY Victory v ARETAS ) that was all bent out of shape. I have sent re-shaped it. and the other was a Julia Domna in pretty bad shape. JW Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 9:02 pm You won't get gold "slipping through their fingers". Ever. Gold coins don't come out of the ground looking all crusty and dirty, like bronze and debased silver ones do - they look like gold coins. A quick rinse under the tap and they're good as new. Finding gold objects of any kind is extremely obvious to anyone who digs up ancient artefacts for a living. Accounts of "Some of our buyers have FOUND GOLD!" from some less scrupulous sellers of uncleaned ancient coins are either (a) liars, (b) buyers who were fooled by the seller polishing to death an ancient brass coin, or (c) the seller has "salted" their uncleaned ancient batches with a couple of mediaeval or modern Indian fractional fanams - tiny flake-like coins, containing only a few dollars worth of gold. With the rise in gold price in recent years, even the tiny fanams are getting too pricey for the scammers to salt away, so this third option is less and less likely. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 9:45 pm One silver Ottoman and a fouree of Elagabalus. Report this Post to the Staff
aboarman Valued Member United States 132 Posts	Posted 10/14/2011 8:13 pm Just silver washed ones here, although some very well preserved from time to time Report this Post to the Staff
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