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<p>[QUOTE="buckeye73, post: 3581614, member: 93155"]Outstanding Topic!</p><p>Obviously outside the realm of discussion of silver coinage up to now, but within the topic, Early American Coppers are a prime example of the importance of the coin’s surface and color. Copper is much more reactive to environmental conditions than silver, thus the coin surface is found in various conditions described as Choice, Average, and Scudzy, (with some interpolation) in price guides. The common goal for a given grade is a choice coin, one with both choice color and minimal circulation marks for that grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>An EAC person generally would opt for a choice VF coin versus an average EF coin of a given date and variety. Also, he/she would be willing to pay a higher price for that VF coin with the chocolate brown surface and with minimal marks for the grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="buckeye73, post: 3581614, member: 93155"]Outstanding Topic! Obviously outside the realm of discussion of silver coinage up to now, but within the topic, Early American Coppers are a prime example of the importance of the coin’s surface and color. Copper is much more reactive to environmental conditions than silver, thus the coin surface is found in various conditions described as Choice, Average, and Scudzy, (with some interpolation) in price guides. The common goal for a given grade is a choice coin, one with both choice color and minimal circulation marks for that grade. An EAC person generally would opt for a choice VF coin versus an average EF coin of a given date and variety. Also, he/she would be willing to pay a higher price for that VF coin with the chocolate brown surface and with minimal marks for the grade.[/QUOTE]
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