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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
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I think to buy this lot of 106 uncleaned coins.Help with decision for this 106 coins.Can I clean it and get great results?  Edited by t0rress
11/27/2011 08:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is always very hard to tell with uncleaned coins, but methinks it is not going to yield much. I can make out several slugs, and that is not a good sign. Generally, a seller will cover up the bad coins with the better coins to make the overall quality of the lot appear higher than it actually is. I'm not seeing that here, which means that there are either hardly any goodies there or he did not bother to 'salt' the image. I am leaning towards the latter on this lot, though. If it is not very expensive I might think about buying it but otherwise keep your money. I see auctions of lots this size where almost all of the coins are 'premium', or where most of the details are visible before cleaning. Generally they go for about $140 USD for a 100 coin lot. Here is an example of a lot with premium coins. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-85-uncl...em27c0649f53This seller frequently has lots like this for sale. I bought from him once and was very, very happy with my investment! Does this help? Edited by ancientcoinguy
11/27/2011 08:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 . This lot looks not only pretty rough, but looks like most of the coins will take a lot of cleaning to get down past the crud. Too many look like there is nothing there but round pieces of bronze. The seller in the lot ancientcoinguy gave the link for, is a seller I have dealt with in the past with good results. |
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This appears to be a low grade lot with a large number of heavily encrusted coins. I enjoy working on uncleaned lots, but I don't see this lot producing any great finds. So unless you get get it very cheap, you should pass on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
 Bulgaria
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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
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I think and I will take them.They are cheap now (5$) I learn new technique for cleaning and I will practice on them :)
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11/28/2011 04:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If you buy these coins lots of patience over a long time will be required to improve their apperance (clean) them.
Olive oil soak for a year?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you are getting all 106 coins for $5, I would buy them too. I blow five dollars nearly everyday on junk. You will at least get a few coins out of this bunch. Good luck and let us know how the process is going.
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At $5 a hundred, even I would buy them for play. At $5 a coin I'd run away fast. A problem here is there are two completely different hobbies associated with ancient coins. I collect and study coins. Others clean uncleaned coins. If you want coins that are nice to look at and easy to study, you buy coins you can see and avoid lumps of corrosion. If your hobby is the uncleaned, you are not likely to end up with pretty coins but you have the thrill of the chase. It is more like buying dirt encrusted lottery tickets; a few will pay off but many will be just evidence of the fun you had with them rather than something you will ever sell for a profit or enjoy over and over again. If you can get these for $5, it is very likely that there will be one that cleans up to be worth $5 and a few more that will be identifiable and worth keeping until you get a better one. These you will eventually give to kids who will impress their friends at 'Show and Tell' since they really are 1700 years old. I see a Constantine I and a Constantine II identifiable already so the lot might even be worth 2-3x you price.
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Bulgaria
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5$ (10 leva) for 106 coins :) I will buy them to 15$ (30 leva)
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