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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 1846599, member: 58941&quot;]There are far better uncleaned coins out there than this.&nbsp; images 758/9 are the only ones worth bothering with...the others are clearly too worn.&nbsp; You could probably attribute them if you tried hard enough, but as Doug and others have said, you can buy decent coins at low cost, without trying to clean culls.&nbsp; If you enjoy the cleaning, then stick at it, but not with these.......look out for decent desert patina coins, which you can get for a few quid, and choose those with good detail showing.&nbsp; Cleaning desert patina coins can be really fun under magnification, so get yourself a binocular microscope if you are serious about it. Use toothpicks and a rounded scalpel if you have a VERY steady hand, if not avoid using anything to clean a coin which is harder than the coin itself or you WILL scratch it.</p><p>Olive oil soaks are good, mildly acidic and quite forgiving, but it will darken a coin.&nbsp; Try mineral oil or DW instead if you dont get on with olive oil.</p><p>The cleaning is easier than finding a good source for uncleaned coins......look on ebay, , just start by looking for coins that appear to need a clean. Most coins on ebay which are sold as uncleaned are the ones the seller cannot clean or have no detail, so trust your eye and eventually you&#039;ll get an idea of what a &#039;good&#039; uncleaned coin is.</p><p>I personally love cleaning, but I seek out good quality uncleaned and pay as much as £8 each.&nbsp; I have recently purchased 5 coins for over £1200, all are Postumus hoard sestertii, and if they clean well should be worth double. You have to pay a premium sometimes as a seller can see the potential a good uncleaned has and there is no good reason other than money for them to sell it to you cheap. If you can turn a £5 coin into a £20 coin, then its worth it if your methods are not too time consuming.&nbsp; You will learn tricks over time to speed cleaning up, but some methods are developed over many years by cleaners and will not be &#039;shared&#039; with others, so research the net and experiment.&nbsp; You will spend a few quid before you get it right, as I have, but its easy to make a few quid after that. </p><p>I have purchased more bad than good uncleaned on the way to where I am now.....</p><p>Good luck and if you want a very good uncleaned coin, PM me. It&#039;ll help you make a start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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