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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greekandromancoins, post: 2767408, member: 87990&quot;]I have not bought uncleaned coins for over 12 years. Back when I was buying them, they were found in abundance and cheap. If you bought from a reliable source you were almost guaranteed that the combined value of individual coins you cleaned would well exceed what you paid for the coins. At least that was my experience and proven because I sold most of them! My first sestertius was from an uncleaned lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember uncleaned Greek coins were my first foray into bronze coinage. What they lacked in grade, they more than made up for in diversity. I learned a lot about researching and attributing coins from uncleaned Greek coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have uncleaned coins from back then. Large Ae As /Dupondii sized early Roman Imperial coins. I recently began cleaning them. Some have cleaned up nicely and others will require more work but all are worth more than the $4-5 per coin I originally paid. Some will be worth $50-$100.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, there does not appear to be the same level of supply and from accounts I have read on the internet, they are not the same degree of quality. Theories I have read range from sources drying up, through to tightening of laws in the countries they are found, making it hard to ethically source them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very recently, I was offered a few kilograms of uncleaned coins but on inspecting the photos I did not proceed with the purchase as was not satisfied with the quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people enjoy uncleaned coins because it is like buying a lottery ticket - you are hoping to discover an ultra rare coin. That is never an economical approach because the odds are stacked against you given the number of hands the coins have passed through before offered to you as the end customer.&nbsp; For me, I enjoy it for the cleaning process and the thrill of researching and attributing a &#039;new to market&#039; coin. There is a different feel to ownership of a coin when you are responsible from removing it from its dirt encrusted tomb and bringing it into the &#039;coin collecting world&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peter[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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