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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 401257, member: 6036&quot;]Another thing to remember - this is another case of &quot;buy the coin not the slab&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The two-letter designation is like the numeric designation - it&#039;s an opinion of a TPG and nothing more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So if you like the color, great. But it doesn&#039;t really matter whether the designation is BN, RB, or RD.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Most coin types don&#039;t have color designation - copper does, but no others. But for all coins, color is very important.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recently, leadfoot had a &quot;grading contest&quot; on a shield nickel. That coin shows why color is so important - that one was really beautiful. Great color commands a premium - regardless of label designation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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