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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catadc, post: 3702293, member: 103515&quot;]After cleaning over 300 coins, i say that cleaning and collecting are different. On Ebay, you will pay 1-2 EUR per coin. If the lot is half clean, you will find some decent looking coins, in average condition, but very common ones. If the lot is really dirty, 30-40% will be total crap, hardly recognisable as coins. Most will be Fel Temp of common types and mints, Gloria Exercitus, Votas or other small and common AE3-4. You will find a few Gallienus antoniniani or other billon/bronze antoniniani of common type. Maybe a few rarer types and/or mints. It will be pure luck that the rarer coins will be also in good condition. </p><p>My advise - #1 - buy lots for cleaning if you like the cleaning or to simply get experience with cleaning. Do not buy for finding nice coins to collect.</p><p>#2 - try to attend a coin fair or look for half cleaned coins or lots at 3-4 eur/coin. You will know what you buy and will clean easily. Or simply buy nice coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My last uncleaned acquisition, still in transit, is a R5 half cleaned AE3. Did not find an R5 within the 300 cleaned. Still paid less that for 15 uncleaned. Will still be cheap after cleaning[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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