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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2278684, member: 56859&quot;]For what it&#039;s worth, I bought an assortment from Dirty Old Coins ~3 years ago.&nbsp; The &quot;before&quot; pictures are <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to buy uncleaned coins, I recommend instead buying a lot in which the exact coins you will receive are shown.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t see any details in the &quot;before&quot;, the odds of the coin cleaning up relatively well are slim.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:&nbsp; here&#039;s a <a href="http://www.romanorum.com/docs/A%20Method%20for%20cleaning%20ancient%20coins.%20Romanorum.com.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romanorum.com/docs/A%20Method%20for%20cleaning%20ancient%20coins.%20Romanorum.com.pdf" rel="nofollow">how-to about cleaning</a> which is worth bookmarking.&nbsp; It&#039;s the most comprehensive and detailed article I&#039;ve seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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