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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This will represent the Indian Head cent in my type set. I chose it because it's so free of contact marks. How much red needs to be present to make the "red brown" designation? How would you grade this coin? Chance   Edited by Chancellor Sutler
11/12/2011 01:44 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That is a really pretty coin! I think it would still be BN, but the toning is attractive. I actually prefer them this way over bright red.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1372 Posts |
I had to choose between this one and an 1887 that looked pretty much the same. There were 2 contact marks on the obverse of the 87, and the strike of the reverse was incomplete on the bow in the wreath. I thought this was a nicer specimen.
Chance
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like it could be as high as MS-65 brown or red-brown.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
I would call it MS64 Brown, but it looks to have a good chance at MS65, nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was leaning toward MS64 BN, too.
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Valued Member
United States
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i would guess MS-65 very nice looking IHC |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice toning  ... MS-63 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking 64BN. I don't think it has enough red to give it the RB designation. It is still a very attractive cent!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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You have to love those Indians..  I agree with some of the others, MS-64BN |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this is a MS-64 BN. Beautiful coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd be proud to have that one in my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very pretty and very well-preserved. I can actually see it at MS65. Very good eye-movement through that coin. |
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United States
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I see no reason why this wouldn't be better than 64, or even 65. I'll assume its not MS-66, but we can't tell based on the photos because there's no chatter visible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry....I was away from the computer for awhile. I actually paid 61 money for it, and I thought it was better than that, having come to be of that opinion just from the lack of contact marks. There are probably better strikes out there, but this one spoke to me.
I'm going to build a cabinet to house my type set, so this will go straight into an airtite. All this coin needs is a big scratch across the obverse from an acetate slide.
Thanks to all for their opinions.
Chance
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Posted 11/12/2011 02:01 am
