Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 18721, member: 57463&quot;]There are many ways to buy these &quot;uncleaned&quot; coins.&nbsp; The best way is to go to a major coin show such as an ANA convention, or a regional meeting for CSNS, Northwest Pacific, Blue Ridge, etc.&nbsp; Even a local coin show may have a dealer with a box of these.&nbsp; You can at least SEE what you are getting. You will pay more upfront, but the reality of the arithmetic is undeniable.&nbsp; On the one hand you buy 40 coins for $40 and throw 10 away and 10 others are still junk.&nbsp; On the other hand, you pay $5 each, see what you are getting, and buy 5 of them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At a convention, you can sit there at the box and look all you want.&nbsp; People do it.&nbsp; I have several snapshots of this from the last ANA convention.&nbsp; You never even have to buy one and you still get the fun of looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to buy is to patronize a recognized dealer in this area.&nbsp; Two that come to mind are Francis Rath and Frank Robinson.&nbsp; They both advertise in The Celator.&nbsp; Even the normally high-end Classical Numismatic Group has sold off its &quot;floor sweepings&quot; once and you are lightyears ahead paying $10 for CNG&#039;s idea of &quot;junk.&quot;&nbsp; I have bought bulk lots of low-end coins from Rath and Robinson both.&nbsp; You get what you pay for, but at least these guys have been in business for decades, and intend to remain, so they have a stake in keeping their customers happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Realize that &quot;uncleaned&quot; does not mean &quot;unsearched.&quot;&nbsp; A few years back, I sat with an importer of these coins one morning, making up lots of 10, 20 and 50.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t take long to get good at this.&nbsp; That dealer set aside for different auctions the few coins that were a grade above junk.&nbsp; As Robert Heinlein pointed out in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, TANSTAAFL: There Ain&#039;t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in