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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 998103, member: 19463&quot;]Ground rule #1:&nbsp; ALL ancient coins have been cleaned.&nbsp; Uncleaned coins with an inch of dirt on them used to have two inches of dirt.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ground rule #2: If you can look at the coin and tell what was done to clean it, the cleaning could have been done better and could detract from market value.&nbsp; If the coin looks natural, it will be OK in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ground rule #3:&nbsp; Many ancients are scarce enough that there are not enough pristine, natural looking examples to meet demand.&nbsp; These have market acceptance in well scrubbed condition.&nbsp; Other coins exist in such numbers that collectors turn their nose up at any imperfection including less than professional cleaning.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ground rule #4:&nbsp; Cleaning ancients is an art some of us never master.&nbsp; If you only ruin half of the coins you touch, you are at least average if not better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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