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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Matthew Courville, post: 5156039, member: 116306&quot;]I wanted to add-in a few thoughts to those above.&nbsp; I have collected coins for approx. a decade now and have purchased both mid-high end coins as well as a few hundred &#039;uncleaned coins&#039; from a dozen or so dealers in this time.&nbsp; This is my very fair and honest assessment (short and sweet):</p><p><br /></p><p>1-some dealers will give you junk uncleaned coins and it turns potential new collectors off</p><p><br /></p><p>2-some dealers will give you high quality uncleaned coins but know that a &#039;collection keeper&#039; should be 1 in every 10 to 15 coins.&nbsp; I just went through a batch of 30 from Noble Roman Coins and 2 will make my main collection, while one was a identifiable silver and 20 were identifiable types; often with mint marks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>3-expect only the most common 20 or so coins - 250 AD to 340 AD most often.&nbsp; These will include lots of Rome Commemoratives and Constantine family types.</p><p><br /></p><p>4-despite the lower quality from uncleaned coins than what I might purchase, cleaning them is in itself a sub-hobby.&nbsp; They keep the hobby &#039;alive&#039; when I simply cannot buy expensive coins every week or month.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>5-Being able to identify your own coin is a priceless skill and should be see as closer to the role of a historian than simply a coin collector</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope people value the process of uncleaned coins and what it has to offer.&nbsp; There are some rare coin I have found as well such as a quite rare Punic War coin from Spain - you never know...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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