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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 158322, member: 112"]<b>Color Makes a Difference</b></p><p><br /></p><p>"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."</p><p><br /></p><p>"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."</p><p><br /></p><p>"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."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/073106/BW_0731.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/073106/BW_0731.asp" rel="nofollow">Color Makes a Difference</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 158322, member: 112"][b]Color Makes a Difference[/b] "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." [URL="http://www.coinworld.com/news/073106/BW_0731.asp"]Color Makes a Difference[/URL] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/QUOTE]
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