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<p>[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2267754, member: 71656"]So no experience whatsoever with ancients and someone said you can pick them up and enjoy them ([USER=32619]@Jwt708[/USER]). I said no, I have enough problems. Just check them out he said and gave me a couple of links.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is all very well redefining your focus and with British or US coins that is not simple, but far harder when looking at ancients. Greek? Roman? Horses? Soldiers? I had no idea and needed a place to start. eBay is my friend and I came across a guy flogging uncleaned Roman bronze coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where can it go wrong? Simple right? I decided as there is loads of conflicting advice I'd ignore most of it and start a 'Teach yourself cleaning Roman Bronze Coins in as long as it takes' course. I started today. If you are interested, join me for the ride. I'm going to try to document exactly what an idiot I am.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tulipone, post: 2267754, member: 71656"]So no experience whatsoever with ancients and someone said you can pick them up and enjoy them ([USER=32619]@Jwt708[/USER]). I said no, I have enough problems. Just check them out he said and gave me a couple of links. It is all very well redefining your focus and with British or US coins that is not simple, but far harder when looking at ancients. Greek? Roman? Horses? Soldiers? I had no idea and needed a place to start. eBay is my friend and I came across a guy flogging uncleaned Roman bronze coins. Where can it go wrong? Simple right? I decided as there is loads of conflicting advice I'd ignore most of it and start a 'Teach yourself cleaning Roman Bronze Coins in as long as it takes' course. I started today. If you are interested, join me for the ride. I'm going to try to document exactly what an idiot I am.[/QUOTE]
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