Is Copper More Difficult But Also More Interesting Than Silver?

Nice coin. Is that an H mint mark for the Heaton Mint?

Copper / bronze is more reactive to the enviroment than silver and gold. Therefor more likely to get fingerprint toning and micro spots.

I actually like the look of the OP's coin. Original skin.

@1960NYGiants - it's in the top 12 of PCGS-graded coins for that year. If you're interested, it's currently up for auction at Heritage. I may bid, though I'm mostly just using it as a discussion piece as I don't really know anything about copper Newfoundland at this point.

It's interesting to me how different 'original skin' is in copper relative to silver. I guess it's obvious that copper, silver, nickel and gold will age differently; though I'd never really thought about it this way before. But the thing that struck me the other day is that there's just more to look at in copper than in the other three. I mean, there are some crazily toned silvers out there but the natural range of pigmentation, oxidation etc...etc... just seems to be greater in copper than in any of the other common metals used to make coins.

That is my brilliant insight for late April 2020.

Excellent point and thanks for pointing that out. I was just looking at red/brown. As I say, I'm still trying to figure copper out.

This is one of the PCGS coins in 66 Red.

Newfoundland copper is a inconsistent beast. There are probably 20 red 1872-H cents. 1909, 1913, and 1936 also have many reds. Then you dates like 1894 (no reds), 1876-H and 1890 (one red each), and 1880 Oval 0 (only three mint state and none in red). Many of the dates are feast or famine.

This year had part of the famous "Heaton Hoard"... a decent one can be had at a quite reasonable price. I picked one up last year, in an older PCGS holder.