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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 13183, member: 57463&quot;]It is true that we all learn a bit from these hoard lots.&nbsp; I bought two from FRANCIS RATH who advertises in The Celator.&nbsp; I had no illusions that these were going to be spectacular finds.&nbsp; However, they were nice coins, in the VG to VF range, many silver, a few bronze, more antoniniani, and so on, for about $5 each for 100 of them.&nbsp; I got the British Museum references from the local university library and went to work.&nbsp; I learned a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, however, this a bit different from buying 1000 coins for $1 each, scrubbing them with baking soda and olive oil and then going online to ask people &quot;What is this coin?&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, these coins while &quot;uncleaned&quot; (and that is not always true) are _NEVER_ unsearched.&nbsp; It does not take long to learn how to search them quickly.&nbsp; Basically, they are junk, not worth owning.&nbsp; I regard them as a waste of money.&nbsp; You get what you pay for.&nbsp; If you go to an ANA convention or other large show, you can find boxes of these &quot;uncleaned&quot; coins and search them right there on the spot for the ones you want -- and pay $2 to $5 each, depending.&nbsp; It seems like a better bargain all the way around.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there is the residual problem of counterfeits.&nbsp; As reported recently in The Celator, some of these &quot;uncleaned&quot; lots contain modern fakes to build up the inventory, a form of &quot;watered stock.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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