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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2813735, member: 19463&quot;]I apologize for what was seen as pejorative.&nbsp; The intent was not to say people should not clean coins but that the first step in cleaning a coin needs to be identifying a coin that can be cleaned.&nbsp; In a million uncleaned, fresh from the ground coins, I doubt there are a thousand that can be expected to yield an ancient coin even what we might call mid-grade.&nbsp; This is not the level coin that Ides seeks but more the level I collect.&nbsp; In the past the rest were melted as scrap; today some of them show up on eBay.&nbsp; All I ask is that people realize what they are getting and learn how to recognize the differences. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad to hear that.&nbsp; The coins I have consigned to John have sold well if the coins were nice and rarely if the coins were ordinary.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was surprised that so many people prefer $10 worth of uncleaned coins that will yield, with effort, two partly identifiable coins worth no more than $2-3 than one fully identifiable one for the same price.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is, it seems, a market for the better and the lesser exceeding the middle.&nbsp; Interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare the uncleaned coins shown on this thread to the $10 and under coins in John Anthony&#039;s sales over the last few months.&nbsp; Neither buying uncleaned or junk coins from John will cause you to make a financial profit in the short run.&nbsp; Decide whether you prefer one source or the other.&nbsp; Not all of us will agree.&nbsp; I apologize for what was seen as pejorative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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