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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 364097, member: 2972&quot;]So you know, it&#039;s not the red that bothers me (which is corrosion, by the way) but the semi-unnatural blondish color indicitative of an old cleaning and subsequent retoning/recoloring.&nbsp; Both TPGs seem to let some of these coins in, and others they bag.&nbsp; As far as I can tell, NGC is more tolerant than PCGS -- but please understand I have no direct experience in submitting copper to TPGs and whatever insight I&#039;ve gained is through discussions with fellow collectors and looking at a lot of slabbed copper.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, here&#039;s my 1821, which has a similar look:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51472347/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51472350/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is slabbed XF 45 by NGC.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And an 1818 that is raw and was purchased from Tom Reynolds:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/58831329/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/58831345/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>All of the above is offered as my humble opinion only, and hoping it helps...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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