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Message:: [QUOTE="LukeGob, post: 22686559, member: 73885"]Generally? No, they are not. Most on Ebay, that I've seen, are either not uncleaned at all but overcleaned slugs that sort of look like they're covered in dirt if photographed with a flash, or, like you said, they're leftover junk that you can tell before even cleaning that underneath the dirt is that light green "crumbly patina" that has a lot of detail that dissolves completely away in water or crumbles to dust if you touch it. Not all, but the vast majority are. The coins in the link you posted look like a mix of both. They weren't called uncleaned anywhere except the "cleaned / uncleaned" line in the "About This Item" footer, & that could just mean that the seller didn't further clean them themself. Or it's just a lie. Look for lots that clearly state that the coins are uncleaned in the item description & take a good look at listing pic. Not to be a commercial, but for what it's worth, I like Noble Roman Coins (not on Ebay, on-line store) for buying uncleaned coins. 3 different grades at decent prices. I like the mid-grade (got a nice Hadrian denarius I might leave as-is & a probably-Diocletian SACRA MON Follis I haven't started on yet but that looks like it'll be beautiful in with the last batch. [That batch, by the way, is for me & my daughter to clean together! She's 7 & getting real interested in my coins. Sorry, had to brag on my kid]). The owner is fun, too; they're good people.[/QUOTE]