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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 2821936, member: 80556&quot;]Here is one that came out of an eBay uncleaned lot of 1000.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]662787[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine I</p><p>Thessalonica mint</p><p>319 AD</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Obvs: CONSTANTINVS AVG, Bust left cuir. spear across right shoulder.</p><p>Revs: VICTORIA AVGG NN, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch. TSΔ</p><p>18mm, 2.6g</p><p>RIC VII 60</p><p><br /></p><p>On a good day might go for $20 on eBay, other online dealers may ask $100 or more who knows. Probably not worth much, but is hard to find another. In other lots a found a Hanniballianus and a fourree tribute penny. I have the photos archived on my home computer but sold them years ago. Either one of those paid for the half the lot by themselves. Each uncleaned coin cost 50 or 60 cents before throw aways. I remember the Germans had particularly good uncleaned lots of 1st century coins and contained 3 or 4% silver. I regularly found Republican silver, Agrippa&#039;s, and legionary denarii.</p><p>But that had to been 15 years ago when such lots could be purchased, and I bought 10k+ coins to make the return worth while. One group of four I sold, unfortunately I have no photos, went something like 10 times the price of the others. I remember thinking this thing cleaned up nice, the buyer from Florida actually paid an extra $25 for next day shipping on a lot of 4 uncleaned coins. For all I know it could have been gold, but I was green back then and didn&#039;t use proper references.</p><p>I suppose the point to all this is I think most of the folks here wanting to get uncleaned lots are not expecting to find &quot;treasures&quot; such as these, but want a certain experience of discovering something new. My advice is to buy lots showing the actual coins, not the old here is what we expect you to find photos. Get good references for identification, the internet is not ideal for complete identification. Also stay away from vinyl flips, those things will break down and ooze oil all over your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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