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Numismatic and History Discussion Forums => Uncleaned Ancient Coin Discussion Forum => Topic started by: casata137ec on March 21, 2021, 09:14:23 pm
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Evening all.
Due to many issues out of my control, I have been away from cleaning and collecting for a few years. Needless to say things have settled down a tad and I am settling back in to what I hope is sustained normalcy
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So, picked up my first lot of uncleaned's the other day...actually, I hit a few site's "premium" lots and heh...not so great. A few decent, but no where near the quality of the late 90's early 2000's. I was able to rescue a well struck silvered Probus VICTORIA GERM, but mostly culls. Does this seem to be about normal these days? When I last stopped, uncleaned Syrian tets were the rage. :)
Anyway, I hope that this sub-forvm still gets at least a little traffic, there used to be a ton of good info here.
Chris
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Welcome back Chris!
You're right, uncleaned lots are not what they used to be. Tough to get true "premium" uncleaned lots.
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Have to agree. I started with uncleaned about 10 -15 years ago. I did get one or two nice coins and a few reasonable late romans; but it quickly became mostly culls. I'm afraid the uncleaned market currently has sadly deteriorated to the point of not being worth the bother. I do miss it but so it is. I haven't bought uncleaned in several years; don't need more barely identifiable fel temps or culs for the box.
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Welcome back Chris.
I suspect you are true from what i hear of other people's experiences. I haven't bought any for years.
Happily I have many still uncleaned that I am saving for a future day.
SC
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I am hoping my eye is as good as it used to be...I may find something out there worth cleaning! ;D
Until that point though...I have an "in my price range" Didius Julianus coming to fill a hole in my "Year of Five Emperors" section...I will post once I get it and take pics.
Chris