Author's Note: This guide was written in the late spring of 2006 and prices on ancient coins have risen dramatically, especially on the uncleaned coins in this guide. Most of these coins come from or through...
For starters, ancient coin grading is done according to wear. Ancient coins, unlike U.S. or other modern world coins are not "net graded". Centering, strike, cracks, irregular flan shape, etc are side issues...