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<p>[QUOTE="Dillan, post: 3158368, member: 90539"]I purchased about 5 uncleaned lots so far, 1 from a eBay dealer , 4 from Catawiki auctions. The Catawiki auctions lots came from a person in Europe , and these were supposedly inspected and cleared for sale in the open market. all the lots from the auction were uncleaned and still dirty enough that a person could not tell what was underneath. I am sure they have ways of picking these out even with out seeing what is on the coin. Perhaps by size , weight , and shape. I would estimate that the auction lots were the best and worth the money spent. The lots all had 5 or 6 extra coins in each one. The eBay lot was a smaller lot of 40 coins , and the auction were all 100 coin lots. I should have done more research on the eBay lot because it was somewhat disappointing. It was the culled culls, and all coins were very thin . It was easy to tell, what was on the coin, and this was my own fault because it was noticeable in the photos. I do not blame the seller as he never hid anything about the lot. The auction coins had a good variety of mostly Roman coins , and I estimate that approx. 40 to 50 % were worth keeping. Some had considerable wear but other were complete and round, solid and had a decent thickness to the coins. There were someA3 & A4 which were excellent , easy to read the inscriptions and markings. I am still along way from cleaning some of these. I found buying the uncleaned lots was fun , and value wise the coins turned out quite good. I recommend if you are buying uncleaned lots from an auction that it says somewhere the hoard the coins came from were legit and ethical. My reason for buying these is that I thought it was a good way to get a start on a collection , and use these as a learning process to better understand how to attribute these properly. I have a long way to go in the beginning stages before I could call myself a collector of Ancients. Auction costs worked out to about $1.00/coin , and eBay approx. $1.25 /coin. thank you. Dillan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dillan, post: 3158368, member: 90539"]I purchased about 5 uncleaned lots so far, 1 from a eBay dealer , 4 from Catawiki auctions. The Catawiki auctions lots came from a person in Europe , and these were supposedly inspected and cleared for sale in the open market. all the lots from the auction were uncleaned and still dirty enough that a person could not tell what was underneath. I am sure they have ways of picking these out even with out seeing what is on the coin. Perhaps by size , weight , and shape. I would estimate that the auction lots were the best and worth the money spent. The lots all had 5 or 6 extra coins in each one. The eBay lot was a smaller lot of 40 coins , and the auction were all 100 coin lots. I should have done more research on the eBay lot because it was somewhat disappointing. It was the culled culls, and all coins were very thin . It was easy to tell, what was on the coin, and this was my own fault because it was noticeable in the photos. I do not blame the seller as he never hid anything about the lot. The auction coins had a good variety of mostly Roman coins , and I estimate that approx. 40 to 50 % were worth keeping. Some had considerable wear but other were complete and round, solid and had a decent thickness to the coins. There were someA3 & A4 which were excellent , easy to read the inscriptions and markings. I am still along way from cleaning some of these. I found buying the uncleaned lots was fun , and value wise the coins turned out quite good. I recommend if you are buying uncleaned lots from an auction that it says somewhere the hoard the coins came from were legit and ethical. My reason for buying these is that I thought it was a good way to get a start on a collection , and use these as a learning process to better understand how to attribute these properly. I have a long way to go in the beginning stages before I could call myself a collector of Ancients. Auction costs worked out to about $1.00/coin , and eBay approx. $1.25 /coin. thank you. Dillan[/QUOTE]
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