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Uncleaned ancient coins...
Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you
seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? J. |
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"Jerome G." wrote in message om... Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? J. The ones I had experience with (more than two different sellers but less than 5) ......... I had a great time, learned a lot but got no keepers. I will do it again too but not in the expectation of adding a coin to my collection. I have no objections to uncleaned Roman coins and recommend them to any who would enjoy the experience. I don't recommend them as a means of adding nice coins to a collection. it would be cheaper in the long run to pick the already cleaned ones for suitable coins. Dale just my experience |
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Post some before and after pictures to a website and
post the URL (only) here so we can see... Brad http://www.blarg.net/~brad/coins.htm In article , Jerome G. wrote: Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? J. -- |
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I was also pretty excited about the 6 ancients that I bought for $2 a
piece a year ago. I set them in Olive oil for 3 months, dried them, and tried to chip the crush off with a dental tool type of pick. I realized that this stuff is not easily removed and ended up scratching the hell out of that thing. I like the idea of something that old that you can actually own, but I lost patience with that hobby. My local coin shop has a box of perfectly cleaned ones in a box for $7 a piece. All smaller than a dime. Jim |
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Reid Goldsborough wrote: On 12 Nov 2004 06:31:17 -0800, (Jerome G.) wrote: Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? Every time? Wow. Your experiences differ from everybody else's who buys or has bought them. So you, by any chance, sell the uncleaned coins too? Not every single uncleaned coin I buy is a keeper, no. I choose reliable sellers (both online and off), then clean the coins, then sell them, and usually I triple or quadruple my money. Sometimes I sell the coins for 10x what it cost me. Not once have I made a loss. J. |
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I only just understood your implication... Do I sell uncleaned coins
myself? No. And I will say this about uncleaned coin dealers - do not buy from sellers who make "gold found" claims. If gold coins actually occurred in uncleaned lots with any frequency, why would the seller be selling them to you at $1 each? "Silver found" claims are more believable - I find about 2 silvers in every 100 uncleaned coins. cheers J. |
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"Jerome G." wrote in message om... Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? I'd say your uncleaned coin experience is atypical, to put it mildly. If anyone is considering a career in cleaning ancients after reading this, I'd suggest not quitting your day job. Eric |
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On 12 Nov 2004 20:31:12 -0800, wrote:
Reid Goldsborough wrote: On 12 Nov 2004 06:31:17 -0800, (Jerome G.) wrote: Looking at previous posts in this newsgroup, most of you seem to be opposed to buying lots of ancient uncleaned coins on eBay. I read post after post of negative experiences. Am I the only person who's had a positive experience from buying uncleaned coins? I buy them relatively cheaply at $1 or $2 each, and every time I have been able to resell them for $5-$30 each after cleaning. Why's everyone so down on uncleaned ancients? Every time? Wow. Your experiences differ from everybody else's who buys or has bought them. So you, by any chance, sell the uncleaned coins too? Not every single uncleaned coin I buy is a keeper, no. I choose reliable sellers (both online and off), then clean the coins, then sell them, and usually I triple or quadruple my money. Sometimes I sell the coins for 10x what it cost me. Not once have I made a loss. J. Wow makes you wonder why everyone doesn't do it then. What is the turn around on you tripling your money (How long does it take to clean and resell each batch of coins)? |
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