Cleaning and Treatment of Ancient Metal Artifacts and Coins Part - 1 - One Introduction: Why does ancient metal deteriorate and what is that green and black stuff that covers artifacts? The metals from which...
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...
Cleaning and Treatment of Ancient Metal Artifacts and Coins Part - 3 - Three If you want to try manually cleaning coins or artifacts, and I recommend it whole heartedly, start with cheap ones. Get...
The Care and Preservation of Antiquities Antiquities by definition have been around much longer than those of us who are currently privileged to own them. In fact many antiquities available on eBay today are...
Buying or Selling Australian Magnetic Phonecards? Having problems attracting interest or are you just finding vague descriptions and poor information about the card for sale? Read on. Updated September 2009...
Cleaning and Treatment of Ancient Metal Artifacts and Coins Part - 2 - Two Cleaning Techniques The cleaning of antiquities, and coins in particular is a subject of much debate in the collecting and...
I recently bought a note from a buyer who advertises his notes as EF . But be aware that some sellers on EBAY like to clean and press there notes like some will clean there coins which makes them worth...
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...
Assigning a grade to a coin is an art, not a science. It is often highly subjective, especially when working with Mint State coins where small differences in grade make big differences in price. Even so,...
Introduction This is a very interesting and unfortunately, a very difficult question to answer. Unlike other numismatic areas, ancient numismatics has a diverse range of coins from a diverse range of cultures...