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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2101470, member: 19463&quot;]The question is whether you want coins or the experience.&nbsp; To take the numbers above, would you prefer to buy 50 uncleaned coins or spend the same money on 10 coins of the common types likely to be found in your uncleaned lots but already cleaned and certainly identifiable.&nbsp; Most of us here have things we wish we had not bought that are still nicer than most of what you get uncleaned.&nbsp; 50 coins at $2 is $100.&nbsp; 10 coins at $10 is the same.&nbsp; I have bought quite a few $10 coins that are presentable.&nbsp; You will lose the &#039;lottery ticket&#039; feature that one in a million uncleaned coins will be a real winner.&nbsp; You will lose the fun of the chase.&nbsp; You will end up with fewer but nicer coins.&nbsp; Which is better for you also depends on where you live.&nbsp; For example, I am attending a big coin show in Baltimore on March 28.&nbsp; I will see at least a hundred nice coins at $10 (and thousands at more).&nbsp; Patience requires me to wait until the 28th but that evening the coins will be finished products.&nbsp; If I were you I would spend that $100 on 5 $20 coins or 10 $10 coins even if you did not get to participate in their selection (just like you don&#039;t with uncleaned) but I am not you.&nbsp; The questions are What you want, Where you are, Why you are interested and When you want to have the finished product.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago, I posted a &#039;report&#039; on buying coins at a show.&nbsp; Since then prices have gone up or what you get for the same money has gone down but the concept remains.&nbsp; In 2011, I did it again showing lesser coins.&nbsp; Perhaps it is time to see what I can but for $100 again?</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinshow2011.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinshow2011.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinshow2011.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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