Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine...
Collecting gold sovereigns Gold sovereigns are a beautiful coin, and as a collectors item some are exceedingly hard to obtain, even harder than the famous 1930 Penny. The reason is that there are few in high...
Welcome to the fascinating world of Uncleaned Ancient Coins! We have designed one of the most comprehensive guides on the net for cleaning uncleaned ancient coins. These are have been rigorously tried and...
Grading from eBay scans isn't as hard as it looks, but it helps of course if images are good quality and size ! I always use scans, however these dull the image from so much direct light. The good side is they...
As a general rule about Cleanning coins!, Coins should not be cleaned at all as doing so may end up ruining the coin's numismatic value, As a collector I will pay a considerable premium over the catalogue...
I love collecting ancient coins, but some people have some strange ideas about them. Here are a few I've encountered over the years:Myth #1: Ancient coins are all extremely rare, and all the real ones are in...
Introduction Tooling is part of what I consider the "unholy trinity" of Ancient Coins. Namely this group is made up of:1. Fakes 2. Repatination/Restoration 3. Tooling I've already discussed Repatination and...