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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3143745, member: 10461&quot;]The answer is &quot;yes&quot;, if it were indeed a VF25 like you guessed.</p><p><br /></p><p>If, on the other hand, it was a <i>Mint State</i> survivor, say from something like the <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/a-history-of-major-us-hoards-randall-hoard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/a-history-of-major-us-hoards-randall-hoard" rel="nofollow">Randall Hoard</a>, then you&#039;d maybe be looking at surviving traces of the original red mint luster. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which can in fact survive on a 200 year old copper.&nbsp; Or one that&#039;s <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/1By3GBqyFVkS2xyv5T1p" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/1By3GBqyFVkS2xyv5T1p" rel="nofollow">even older</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>But your reaction is not unlike the reaction of collectors to the coins in the Randall Hoard, after that was discovered in 1869.&nbsp; Even that far back, a large cent that was &quot;too red&quot; looked unusual, as cited in that article I linked to.&nbsp; It took people a while to realize these hoard survivors were the real deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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