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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 4100573, member: 17261"]This is a completely natural color for a 20's branch mint. I've seen it over and over for decades. The most pronounced being the 1920-S - all of the red MS examples I've seen in person were just poorly struck with that pinkish color. It seems to me that the more softly struck 20's coins (usually the branch mints) can tone strangely.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said...</p><p><br /></p><p>I can speak from experience, both PCGS and NGC hate this color. There is a high probability of rejection - but 100% that doesn't mean there's something wrong with the coin. It simply means they don't want it in one of their holders because it doesn't meet their standard criteria for toned coins. That's one of most impressive things about Robec's collection - he has some amazing slabbed coins in colors that easily fail with the TPG's every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd give ICG a shot and save some money too. They have a better understanding of copper color than the others IMHO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 4100573, member: 17261"]This is a completely natural color for a 20's branch mint. I've seen it over and over for decades. The most pronounced being the 1920-S - all of the red MS examples I've seen in person were just poorly struck with that pinkish color. It seems to me that the more softly struck 20's coins (usually the branch mints) can tone strangely. That said... I can speak from experience, both PCGS and NGC hate this color. There is a high probability of rejection - but 100% that doesn't mean there's something wrong with the coin. It simply means they don't want it in one of their holders because it doesn't meet their standard criteria for toned coins. That's one of most impressive things about Robec's collection - he has some amazing slabbed coins in colors that easily fail with the TPG's every day. I'd give ICG a shot and save some money too. They have a better understanding of copper color than the others IMHO.[/QUOTE]
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