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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2507239, member: 75936"]I don't know why it would be particularly harder to purchase ancient coins in NZ. I'm in Australia and have had no difficulties.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want uncleaned Roman coins, my pick is:</p><p><a href="http://dirtyoldcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dirtyoldcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dirtyoldcoins.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Uncleaned ancient coins used to be widely available on vcoins, but it looks like the supply has dried up significantly.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no such thing as "unsearched" uncleaned coins by the way. All the obviously good stuff (gold, and most of the silver) is removed soon after excavation. After this, the coins will change hands many times, and anything of obvious value is taken and sold separately, before the coins arrive in your hands. In what's left - you may still find something of interest, perhaps an overlooked gem underneath thick encrustations of dirt. I gave up on uncleaned Roman coins - 95% of what you get is common coins of Constantine and his family, which gets boring after a while. I find ancient Greek uncleaned coins more interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2507239, member: 75936"]I don't know why it would be particularly harder to purchase ancient coins in NZ. I'm in Australia and have had no difficulties. If you want uncleaned Roman coins, my pick is: [url]http://dirtyoldcoins.com/[/url] Uncleaned ancient coins used to be widely available on vcoins, but it looks like the supply has dried up significantly. There is no such thing as "unsearched" uncleaned coins by the way. All the obviously good stuff (gold, and most of the silver) is removed soon after excavation. After this, the coins will change hands many times, and anything of obvious value is taken and sold separately, before the coins arrive in your hands. In what's left - you may still find something of interest, perhaps an overlooked gem underneath thick encrustations of dirt. I gave up on uncleaned Roman coins - 95% of what you get is common coins of Constantine and his family, which gets boring after a while. I find ancient Greek uncleaned coins more interesting.[/QUOTE]
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