meanmon13

Is this a humble brag for how many books you've read?

I live in the states. As for how I acquire them, there are three major dealers in uncleaned coins: dirty old coins, nero coins, and noble roman coins. They have good reputations and you'll get authentic coins from them, though their descriptions of the condition of the coins and ease of cleaning them are borderline fraud. That being said the more you pay per coin the better shape they'll be, if your just starting out go with the cheapest... you'll make mistakes and its best to make a mistake with a poor quality coin than a high quality coin. I've read that several shops on vcoins sell uncleaned lots but I haven't had much success finding unclean coins on there. If you're thinking about making a purchase make a post on here about it and we can discuss what you're likely to get and talk strategies on cleaning them.

I don't buy my coins from eBay. When i was doing my initial research i leaned buying from eBay requires expertise and experience to reduce the changes of falling for a scam. There are three major dealers in uncleaned coins. They've got decent reputations and you're not going to get scammed. Though they're descriptions of the state of the coins are hyperbole and should be taken with a grain of salt and they say the coins aren't picked through but going off how true the descriptions are I don't believe it. However, you do get authentic unclean coins from them... so to play it safe go with them. The 3 dealers are dirty old coins, nero coins, and noble roman coins. The more you pay per coin the better shape they'll be, if your just starting out go with the cheapest... you'll make mistakes and its best to make a mistake with a poor quality coin than a high quality coin. I've read that several shops on vcoins sell uncleaned lots but I haven't had much success finding unclean coins on there.

This is exactly what I needed :-) not quite the same plugin support as Firefox but it'll do. Thank you

Is there a plan to ever do that?

Lol, no I was making a bad joke referencing how images are low rez (appear blurry) before they finish downloading.

I'll let you know once the image finishes loading...

Same, every post

Including this one lol

Lol, this one went over my head. What's the story here?

Wow this is really neat, I didn't realize sun spots occur in bands like this. I always assumed they occur across the whole surface

Lol, this one is great

If you are buying a coin that's already on the market as a fully attributed coin then yeah you don't want to clean it. I buy coins that are "fresh" out of the ground so they're literally caked with mud. They look like this so they require cleaning. Properly cleaning 2000 yr old coins is a months long process involving microscope and very deliberate & precise application of effort. For some reason I find it very relaxing, almost like a form of meditation. It's a hobby that I'd love to share the results and talk about with others.

Shameless plug: You can see some of my Before/After pictures over at [email protected] :-)