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<p>[QUOTE="Long Beard, post: 25377334, member: 108674"]Like yourself, I tend to favor the red-brown coppers vs red and for similar reasons. My thoughts on third party graded uncirulated details, of which there are far more than straight grade, originates from what an old time dealer once explained when I asked how a copper coin that old could retain it's original color. Laquer or shelac was used as a means to seal the coin. So how it was removed prior to modern encapsulation plays a major role. What few realize is that prior to the invention of electricity, kerosene was the primary source of lighting, which emits sulphur when burnt. Highly detremental to copper. This would also explain why very few have survived in red-brown or red without some sort of protection. And why I would not buy one raw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Long Beard, post: 25377334, member: 108674"]Like yourself, I tend to favor the red-brown coppers vs red and for similar reasons. My thoughts on third party graded uncirulated details, of which there are far more than straight grade, originates from what an old time dealer once explained when I asked how a copper coin that old could retain it's original color. Laquer or shelac was used as a means to seal the coin. So how it was removed prior to modern encapsulation plays a major role. What few realize is that prior to the invention of electricity, kerosene was the primary source of lighting, which emits sulphur when burnt. Highly detremental to copper. This would also explain why very few have survived in red-brown or red without some sort of protection. And why I would not buy one raw.[/QUOTE]
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