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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 800633, member: 19409&quot;]For guarenteed authentic coins, you should check out <a href="http://forumancientcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forumancientcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">Forvm</a> or one of the many dealers at <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">VCoins</a>.&nbsp; Both places offer lifetime guarantees of authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for uncleaned coins, the ones on Ebay are usually rather low grade.&nbsp; I would suggest getting them at somewhere like Forvm, Common Bronze (if they ever go back up), or Noble Roman Coins.&nbsp; You can find a very good guide to cleaning <a href="http://nobleromancoins.com/product_info.php?cPath=10&amp;products_id=182" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://nobleromancoins.com/product_info.php?cPath=10&amp;products_id=182" rel="nofollow">here</a>.&nbsp; Just a warning: even from a good dealer, a large portion of the coins won&#039;t be identifiable, and unless your getting a lot that is specified otherwise, the vast, vast majority of what you find will be from the 4th century AD, mostly from the reigns of Constantine and his sons, though the Valentinian and Theodosian dynasties are pretty common as well.&nbsp; You might get an occasional Byzantine coin or third century bronze, and it&#039;s even possible to get first century quadrantes (I&#039;ve gotten a few dozen uncleaned coins, and I&#039;ve only ever gotten one of these, and it had just enough detail to tell that it was a quadrans of some sort and no more).&nbsp; You will not get gold, and silver is extremely unlikely.&nbsp; As long as you know what you&#039;re getting into, I think uncleaned coins can be a lot of fun.&nbsp; You will find <a href="http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm" rel="nofollow">this site</a> invaluable for helping you identify what you get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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