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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KDD, post: 4137864, member: 110611&quot;]As you might have predicted, the coins arrived and the experience was below even my low expectations. It seemed like I was taking out 10mm size coin after coin. Some I think may even be smaller than that. The larger ones were probably 17mm. It is my fault not the sellers and I realized it afterwards that I should have inquired what size the majority of the coins were. Still, a good seller would probably mention a size without being asked as part of the item description and I&#039;m not sure I will leave any kind of feedback. It just didn&#039;t occur to me as I am new to the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if it&#039;s something with my laptops monitor, but those coins in the OP I thought had a silver tone to them. I am no gauge on precious metals, so after being told they were bronze I assumed they were silvered bronze. They didn&#039;t have the soft to the eye texture of being silver. But it appears to be either photo manipulation or a trick of light. The coin is a pretty dark bronze. It has become apparent to me that the coins you buy seldom look like they are depicted as in person like someone is tweaking the brightness settings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how else to explain how a coin looks like this on ebay [not the same listing; will have to use square brackets due to keyboard issues]:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/X9UAAOSwtPReEtl-/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But looks like this in person:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1070657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am partially red/green colour blind, but I see two very different looking coins. And I much prefer the one I got. It is clear they&#039;re the same coin, but to me on my monitor it looks like someone has tweaked the visuals.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin in the OP is a very dark bronze, and it sorts of looks like his face is smushed too which I didn&#039;t get in the photo? The back detail is so dark I couldn&#039;t make out anything about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Indian coin shows more symbols on the back, but has a similar place of details that are either worn out or were never originally there. So there is a back to it, which is good. But it&#039;s fairly small. I&#039;d be surprised if it was 17mm, probably 14mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, I had two bundles to choose from. One was fully crusted uncleaned and one showed details and looked like it&#039;d be minimal effort. I chose the minimal effort one and I think there is little that can be done with cleaning barring electrolysis, even if that is a heresy. There are a few that are crusted.</p><p><br /></p><p>A number of coins looked like they may be around the 10mm range and they are VERY thick for their size. I couldn&#039;t make out details on them. A number of coins were a thin sheet which seems like what I have seen from medieval coins, but the medieval coins I have seen looked bigger than these. Some of these sheets of metal are bent and need straightening out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be happy if the 10mm coins were very ancient, ancient Greek. But being as they were found in Britain, probably little chance in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, many of the 17mm coins looked like they may have been the same coin. I seemed to encounter backs that looked possibly like two soldiers with pole arms by their sides a lot on first glance?</p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah, it was a waste of money. I doubt fully restored any of these coins would be worth anywhere near the $10 AUD mark. But it won&#039;t discourage me. Everything is a lesson.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also learning the lesson about fossils. While there are many legitimate fossils inexpensive on ebay, some of even the legit ones are composites of different teeth, especially to lengthen them and boast of bigger sizes. I see no signs of mine being a composite and I have an active inquiry on a fossil forum and they seem to have no issue with my fossil, but one I considered at first was very much patched together. The seller also didn&#039;t measure it correctly, it is likely 3.8&quot; or 3.9&quot;. I still need to show them the upper side and under side before I get the &#039;it&#039;s authentic&#039; tick of approval from these guys. If you get into fossils, you should also seek out a fossil forum before spending any kind of sizable money. The Spinosaurus tooth cost me $76.50 AUD / $51.10 USD.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5gwAAOSwfJJeN7lk/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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