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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3124555, member: 87200"]Thanks [USER=85830]@arashpour[/USER] - I bought them from an outlet in England that didn't provide a specific provenance, but said they had numerous contacts around the world that they purchased the coins from ethically. </p><p><br /></p><p>They were sold by weight - you could buy as little as 1/4 kilo and the total hoard size was usually around 4 or 5 kilos, according to their website. I usually purchased 1/2 to 1 kilo per transaction. 1/2 kilo typically was around 250 coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>They stopped selling last year for some unknown reason, but remarked on their website that increased restrictions on importing coins meant that they could no longer do business ethically and so decided to shut down their operation. That's all I know. You can still buy uncleaned lots of coins on places like ebay and a few other sites. For me, I started to get a bit tired of all the work required in cleaning them up so now I focus on higher grade coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3124555, member: 87200"]Thanks [USER=85830]@arashpour[/USER] - I bought them from an outlet in England that didn't provide a specific provenance, but said they had numerous contacts around the world that they purchased the coins from ethically. They were sold by weight - you could buy as little as 1/4 kilo and the total hoard size was usually around 4 or 5 kilos, according to their website. I usually purchased 1/2 to 1 kilo per transaction. 1/2 kilo typically was around 250 coins. They stopped selling last year for some unknown reason, but remarked on their website that increased restrictions on importing coins meant that they could no longer do business ethically and so decided to shut down their operation. That's all I know. You can still buy uncleaned lots of coins on places like ebay and a few other sites. For me, I started to get a bit tired of all the work required in cleaning them up so now I focus on higher grade coins.[/QUOTE]
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