how can i tell if my ancient coin collection is gold, silver???
i have about 30 ancient roman and greek coins that were given to me by my grandfather. i have tried to clean them but i have no idea what they are made of. i also have no idea of the value.
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February 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
You should not have tried to clean them, you may have damaged them even more. Most ancient coins are actually copper. Then comes silver and even dirty should have a silver color. That is if they were made with good silver in the first place. A lot of Roman coins only had a silver wash over a copper core. As for gold that is the rarest and gold won't rust and unless in the sea for a long time, most minerals won't stick to it. If in the sea the crust can be removed and the coin will look like new. I would venture to say, if they need cleaning and are hard to read, they are copper or bronze. You need to find an ancient coin dealer in your area or a coin club. One of it's members must collect ancients.