Ancient coins questions?
I would like to buy ancient Greek and Roman coins uncleaned on the internet, are these coins scams or real? how can i ID it? how do i clean them, and if i clean them is the value affected?
They are not scams.
I was really, really surprised at just how LITTLE many ancient coins are worth.
You can purchase a bag of Widow's Mite, the same coin made famous in the Bible, for $20.00.
The reason the coins are not cleaned to begin with is that cleaning might actually hurt them.
To clean them, you have to know what they are made out of first.
It's the same with cleaning metals today.
Gold cleaner, silver cleaner, copper & brass cleaner.
You just do NOT use copper & brass cleaner on silver, you'll ruin it.
HOWEVER, those coins have been gone through, so there will be none of any value in the bulk bags.
So, I guess you can pretty much go for it since you aren't going to destroy the worth of the coin.
If you clean a good coin badly, it WILL hurt it and the value.
It could easily be the difference in a coin being worth $10 as opposed to $100.
You can ID most coins online these days.
It's just that you will have to go through a LOT of coins to learn.
You really do need to get on one of those coin collecting forums and ask questions to people who have been at this sort of thing for a while.
Here's some sites that have leads to forums and a ton of information;
http://www.mycoincollecting.com/
coin cleaners and dips
http://www.coinsupplystore.com/
WORLD & ANCIENT COINS FORUM
http://forums.collectors.com/categories.cfm?catid=6
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