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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4626650, member: 19463&quot;]Almost no ancient coins have survived above ground for the 2000 years.&nbsp; Those buried in pots or lost in the dirt require cleaning.&nbsp; When there are no coins like modern collectors require and all coins are cleaned, the question is whether you collect &#039;details&#039; coins or no coins.&nbsp; We certainly expect coins be cleaned gently; perhaps what you would call conserved rather than scrubbed so how well a coin was conserved/cleaned is as important as grade.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are metal detectorists who find US coins from the 1790&#039;s, clean their finds and enjoy them.&nbsp; In a few hundred years all those &#039;toned&#039; silver coins will be black with tarnish.&nbsp; I wonder what the &#039;rules&#039; will be then if there are still coin collectors at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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