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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aaron Apfel, post: 4772539, member: 67415&quot;]Hi guys, I saw [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] made a review of noble roman&#039;s a few months ago and thought I&#039;d share my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought 20 &#039;premium uncleaned&#039; coins from for a total of USD $34 + $8 shipping ($42). I mentioned to the seller in my message in the checkout that it was my first time buying from them as my other go-to dealer had stopped selling. This may have had an impact on what I received, as I received 2 extra coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The website mentions that within these coins &quot;Customers have reported to us finding Dalmatius, denarius, and OMG, Celtic silver coins, as well Our opinion is that, properly cleaned and restored, nearly half of these coins will clean up to Fine or better condition, with a green patina and easily attributed via RIC&quot;. I definitely did not find nor did I expect to find any silver coins - this is a common phrase that many sellers use. I do agree with their opinion on the cleaning, at least in my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>To clean the coins I soaked them in distilled water for a couple of months and used mechanical picking under a stereo microscope (various tools I can elaborate on if there is interest). I have not used ren wax on any of them as I don&#039;t feel any really need it. I may use acetone on a couple that still need cleaning, they look like they will turn out to be pretty sluggish.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have ordered them by condition rather than type/emperor. Only some I had remembered to do a before and after. Condition went from really good, good, okay, bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>All 22 after a brief soak and brush with water (I started picking at a couple of them here too).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162380[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162381[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good - might need a tad more cleaning in certain spots.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162384[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good. Obverse needs a little more cleaning in certain spots.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162383[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good. Obverse could do with a little more cleaning on lower half.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162385[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162386[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Really good - good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162387[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Good - okay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162388[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Good - okay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162389[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Good - okay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162390[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of them in the following posts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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