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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 457072, member: 6370&quot;]My thoughts have always been, if you are going to put in the work to clean and restore truly uncleaned coins, you might as well get something that is worth the effort and time. If you are careful before you take steps, then you shouldnt have a big problem...its not that tough because, in all honesty, when it comes to some of these coins, its going to take some work and when it says premium these days...it probably isnt. I took a lot of chances at times, I bought from a guy who appeared on ebay, sold lots in the hundreds, I took a chance and bought one for a little over 100 USD. He claimed he found them in the balkans and disappeared from ebay soon after...ended up being the best hoard I have ever bought and I have been constantly searching for one as good. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the whole, I think if more coins than not out of a lot of ten is attributable, maybe one or two that are a bit nicer, you are doing rather well. I have a big jar full of old LRB that I cleaned but they are just too flawed, unattributable, or just smooth or pitted slugs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have purchased close to two hundred LRB uncleaned from about every dealer I can find in multiple lots of ten, many were super crusty. I would say 70-80 were attributable and in decent condition after cleaning...maybe 20-30 that I would think are at least nicer and better preseved even with major problems (like full inscription missing, heavy corrosion, etc...) I would order a small lot of coins that at least arent LABELED slugs...even if you might get some <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are just a couple coins that I felt were some of the better fair...most of them are the last coins to be photographed so I have a lot to go through...these coins were probably bought about a dollar a peice...prices have gone up and you are getting less nice finds:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/constantine.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/constantiusII.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/gallienus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>^^ I particularly like that one, that just came out looking great IMO. I just havent been finding a great ratio of slug to little gems as much these days. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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