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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 6530688, member: 24314"]Here is something you put in one ear and out the other as it is no longer done. Many decades ago this determination was much easier. It was due to common sense and what <b>anyone </b>could easily see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper coins were usually <b><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0)">BROWN. </span></b><span style="color: #000000">If they were not completely brown and traces of mint </span><span style="color: #b30000"><b>RED </b></span><span style="color: #000000">were present, the coin was considered to be </span><span style="color: #b30000">RED/</span><span style="color: #660000">BROWN. </span><span style="color: #000000">It stayed red /brown all the way up until it was completely red. Simple. The geniuses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> at the TPGS's have tried to assign <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> percentages to the amount of red or brown remaining thus turning things into a crapshoot for all of us. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">While trying to get back to simpler times, on grading service that will go unnamed has added Brown-Red (BR) to the label for coins that do not make Red-Brown (RB).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">PS I don't agree with the scale of cents shown above.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 6530688, member: 24314"]Here is something you put in one ear and out the other as it is no longer done. Many decades ago this determination was much easier. It was due to common sense and what [B]anyone [/B]could easily see. Copper coins were usually [B][COLOR=rgb(102, 0, 0)]BROWN. [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000]If they were not completely brown and traces of mint [/COLOR][COLOR=#b30000][B]RED [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]were present, the coin was considered to be [/COLOR][COLOR=#b30000]RED/[/COLOR][COLOR=#660000]BROWN. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]It stayed red /brown all the way up until it was completely red. Simple. The geniuses :confused: at the TPGS's have tried to assign :wacky: percentages to the amount of red or brown remaining thus turning things into a crapshoot for all of us. :D While trying to get back to simpler times, on grading service that will go unnamed has added Brown-Red (BR) to the label for coins that do not make Red-Brown (RB). PS I don't agree with the scale of cents shown above.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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