Color Makes a Difference
"Just how much original color still remains on a United States copper coin – specifically, half cents, large cents, small cents and 2-cent coins – plays an important part in a coin's grade and its ultimate value."
"U.S. copper coins, regardless of whether they are graded and encapsulated by a third-party grading service or are "raw," often have a superlative after the grade that addresses the coin's color: "red," "red and brown" and "brown." Any one of these adjectival attributions reflects the general amount of the original Mint red color remaining on a coin and whether any brown toning is visible."
"A coin classified as "red" has all or virtually all of the original red, meaning it features no toning; some red remains on a "red-brown" coin, meaning the coin has partially toned to brown; a coin classified as "brown" is one that has completely toned to a natural brown."
Color Makes a Difference
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