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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 754072, member: 5682&quot;]As one of the non-coin collector members of this forum, please be patient with my ignorance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Soon after my son&#039;s birthday in 1995, I bought a raw 1895 Indian Head penny (more red than brown) from a pretty reputable dealer who said that he believed the coin was from an original roll. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought a few other coins, both certified and raw, dated 1895 and 1795 from various dealers in the late 90&#039;s early 2000&#039;s. None of the coins are too expensive, but they are meaningful to me, at least. </p><p><br /></p><p>At this summer&#039;s ANA coin convention in LA, I used my free submissions to PCGS to submit this 1895 copper coin along with a few other raw coins from 1895, as well as a few coins from my daughter&#039;s birth year (1798 and 1898). </p><p><br /></p><p>The copper coin had remained unchanged in appearance for more than a decade. This copper coin came back &quot;genuine with questionable coloring.&quot; Growl.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No big loss. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Could this genuine grading have been a result of PCGS&#039;s tightening their grading RB coins?</b> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I was initially saddened to see that the 1895 $10 gold coins I had bought inexpensively when gold was cheap in 2000 was in an old PCI slab graded MS61. Damn! Not trusting cross-overs while in a slab from another TPGer, I cracked the coin out. Free of the slab, the coin showed an unsightly bluish-red marking on the face. (In retrospect, this is probably a copper mark.) Double damn. Oh, well. I held my breath and sent the coin off to PCGS along with my other coins. The coin came back MS62. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Opinions are appreciated about the copper grade on the Indian penny.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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