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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3189021, member: 96864"]The uncleaned coins I've gotten from such locations have all been fine, though depending on the seller they can be genuinely uncleaned coins with good ones lurking within or partially-cleaned and searched unsalvageable rejects. Serbia in particular (for me) is an amazing source of fresh dug ancient coins and especially artifacts, so despite the charlatans selling fake junk there is lots of good stuff you'll miss if you completely avoid items from those areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fakes are abundant and not restricted to Southern or Eastern Europe, I honestly see just as much or more fake garbage coming out of Germany, Spain and the UK as I do from notorious places like Bulgaria, and from my view the fake sellers based in the UK are the worst of them all, it's completely obnoxious. Seems like Ukraine is rising up the list lately too. Research the sellers, look at all current and completed listings, feedback etc. and if you see any fakes then walk away from everything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3189021, member: 96864"]The uncleaned coins I've gotten from such locations have all been fine, though depending on the seller they can be genuinely uncleaned coins with good ones lurking within or partially-cleaned and searched unsalvageable rejects. Serbia in particular (for me) is an amazing source of fresh dug ancient coins and especially artifacts, so despite the charlatans selling fake junk there is lots of good stuff you'll miss if you completely avoid items from those areas. Fakes are abundant and not restricted to Southern or Eastern Europe, I honestly see just as much or more fake garbage coming out of Germany, Spain and the UK as I do from notorious places like Bulgaria, and from my view the fake sellers based in the UK are the worst of them all, it's completely obnoxious. Seems like Ukraine is rising up the list lately too. Research the sellers, look at all current and completed listings, feedback etc. and if you see any fakes then walk away from everything.[/QUOTE]
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