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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 638943, member: 19423&quot;]<b>Not all MS63RBs are equal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Was searching through my photobucket pics and came across some of my old 1908-S IHCs and figured my MS63RBs would be worth of a post here.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The first MS63RB I purchased was when I first started collecting higher grade copper and before I knew what a messed with coin looked like.&nbsp; Instead, I was focusing only on the grade on the holder and on the price of the coin.&nbsp; This example has absolutely zero luster but has a decent strike.&nbsp; I&#039;d bet that if this had been cracked and resubmitted 10 times, 9 of those times it would come back in a Genuine .91 holder for artificial color.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo2obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo2rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo2slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Once I saw more what RB copper was supposed to look like, I started to search for a better example of an MS63RB.&nbsp; Though this next coin cost about $100-$120 more than the above example, I think it&#039;s worth it as it&#039;s much more original and I think would maybe go 64RB had it not had the old faded fingerprint on it.&nbsp; This is the example I still have in my set:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo1obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo1rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1908sNo1slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just another example that you cannot rely solely on the grades set forth on the slab.&nbsp; Both of the coins above were imaged at the same time under exactly the same lighting and I think the photos accurately show how the coins look in hand.&nbsp; I would strongly recommend that anyone new to collecting RB or RD copper should look at a few dozen coins before even thinking of purchasing their first so that they can learn what a good example looks like.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for looking :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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