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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2591034, member: 75936&quot;]I think everybody should try uncleaned coin lots at least once in their lives. Especially really dirty coins, where it&#039;s hard to tell what lies beneath the gunk. One of my first ever eBay purchases was a group of 100 uncleaned Greek coins. When I received them I was initially disappointed - they were so small (my first lesson as a newbie: always ask the size of coins!). I left them alone for a few months, and came back to them, and started cleaning and what I found fascinated me. I found coins of Seleucid rulers and Judean prutah. It was awesome.</p><p><br /></p><p>I continued to buy uncleaned coins. In most lots of Roman uncleaned coins you will keep finding the same things - 95% Constantine Dynasty, which will get boring after a while. I used to be able to get lots of &quot;large&quot; Roman uncleaneds, which generally turned out to be 1st-3rd century provincials, with well worn imperial bronzes (as/dupondius/sestertius).</p><p><br /></p><p>A caveat - no uncleaned coins are truly &quot;unsearched&quot;, having passed through many hands before they reach the eBay buyer. You&#039;ll never find gold. If you do if for long enough, you&#039;ll occasionally find silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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