Why pay so much for red copper? It will all be brown eventually.

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  1. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    Those are beautiful!
     
    wxcoin, Sep 21, 2021
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  3. Vess1

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    I'm not an expert but I would think RB could be fairly stable if slabbed and kept in a safe environment. There was a long period of time this stuff couldnt and wasn't protected as well as they are now. Its amazing any red examples still survive of the early 19th century examples.
     
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  4. Mike Thorne

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    In one of his many books, David Bowers advised buying brown MS cents as a collector, and I agree with that. I wouldn't pay extra for full red cents.
     
    Mike Thorne, Sep 23, 2021
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    By the way, the 1820 and 1856 cents look full red to me. They're beauties, IMO.
     
    Mike Thorne, Sep 23, 2021
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