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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1498533, member: 15199&quot;]If it was easy or simple, there wouldn&#039;t be any uncleaned ancients available, they would be cleaned and sold for higher price. Some ancients survive well exposed to the soil ( such as in a desert) for 1000s years, but most are like todays metal detectors worst finds many times over. The coin&#039;s weight may be 1/4 or more corrosion, and need heavy chemical, mechanical, and/or electrolysis types of treatment just to guess what they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once, a long, long , time ago, I bought some uncleaned ancients, and they mostly still are, as the effort spent on the most likely to succeed coin didn&#039;t succeed. They could all be Babylonian mule cart tokens for all I know,&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please just think it will not be easy, but it is interesting, and you can try cleaning techniques frowned on for modern coins such as stiff brushes and chemicals. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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