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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2101410, member: 71514&quot;]I started off collecting Romans by buying uncleaned lots from ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; I learned a lot, the most valuable thing being patience.&nbsp; There are no shortcuts to cleaning ancients, no matter what you may read on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will learn a lot, but you are very unlikely to find anything of value.&nbsp; If I bought 50 uncleaned, I would consider myself lucky to find half a dozen decent coins, the rest being beyond hope, or just blank discs.&nbsp; It is, however, a good education.&nbsp; You will get the most common types of coin, and that is a good place to start.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do&nbsp; decide to buy a few, try and pick from someone who displays coins with some detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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