All of the items we sell are the lost treasures of along ago so while you have these coins in front of you try to think about who held it before you, they were lost throughout time and now you have them. If they could only speak to you imagine the stories they could tell, the places they have been, the civilizations that used them or maybe one might have been used to pay to watch the Gladiators fight, plus to think how they were made so long ago because in those times everything was painstakingly done by hand. It is almost like your holding a fine work of art in your hands at an affordable price and it is amazing to think that the coins in your hands are around over 1500 years old or older!!.The fun part of these coins happens to be that you never know what you will find; it's like opening a Birthday or Christmas present!. These coins can also be a good project for the young ones in school or your family because everyone can get involved in the fun, additionally the age ranges can be from a small child to an older person, to Seniors.

EVERY one of these coins are uncleaned therefore that means they are covered in dirt and you will have to clean them to see the fine details on the coins. I will supply you with detailed cleaning instructions on how to clean your coins with every bid whether you have bid on 1 or 1000 coins. So remember that these coins are over 1500 years old and will look little bit different from coin to coin. We also make sure that no broken or "holed" coins are in your lot as well plus I want to repeat that these are uncleaned coins so you will have to clean them!!

Why Roman coins are a good investment, how to identify coins, & there Values

Also during that time there were a few people who made a lot of money by buying millions of coins. Amongst these people were some US soldiers serving in Bosnia after the civil war there who smuggled huge numbers of cheap coins into the US when they returned home from the war.So over the past few years it has seen a larger increase in prices (plus of inflation's). There has been recently the threat of a shortage of coins because less and less are now being found so the prices are going up and up. There will always be a demand for Roman coins but it is more then likely that very soon there will be no more large numbers available to us. And when that time comes the prices will rise again because there will no longer the supply to fill the ever growing demand. And when those have been sold, the price will go up again to the point where it will not be affordable for anyone!.

After the cleaning process is done on the coins it can then be identified. A book by David Sear or David Van Meter or using the web can often yelled the best results to identifying them. There were over 200 Roman emperors who made thousands of different coins over time and some types of coin have over 1,000 different variations on them. Every emperor and empress issued his or her own coins in numerous variations and values. The values in books of Roman coins and also on any web site can no longer be fully relied upon in today's market and the values which are given in any books are at least 3 to 5 years old which gives value anywhere from $10 to $10,000 or more but now to the lager number of hoards being found in Europe the normal values of coins these days are now within the $5 to $200 price range for nice not overly cleaned examples. But over the years there has been recently the threat of a shortage of coins because less and less are now being found so the prices will start going up and up over the next years. Remember there were only so many coins being made and that is all, once they have all been found there will be no more!. But you still have the chance of buying these High quality uncleaned Roman coins at a reasonable price. The Guarantee that make these a good investment comes from the fact that their value will increase over time faster than inflation.

Some people invest their money in Roman coins or Ancient coins. They sell all there copies and then reinvest the money in more coins to increase the size of their collection. Those collections will never lose their value but will increase over time because Roman coins are a limited commodity, no matter how many are found as they will never be made again and some collect them just for interest of history. If you have any questions at any time or concerns please email us at: jchcoins(AT)yahoo.com and we will reply as soon as possible.

There really is no other way to get your kids interested in ancient history than sharing the experiences of cleaning an ancient coin with them since they can hold it in there hands other then just reading in some book!!. And just watching their eyes up light with amazement as the details of the coins start to unfold right in front of there own eyes after being hidden for hundreds or thousands of years. We have had numerous parents email us after they cleaned our coins with their children and they were so happy since their child now had a new interest for ancient history. Not only are they a super learning material they are also great for gifts.