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Valued Member
Canada
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I thinks there is something worng with me or is it normal. I prefer 2000s in red 1990 in red, 1980s dosent matter 1970s and down in brown.
I just really like brown cents over most red ones. Is there anybody else like that. Or is their something worng with me?
I do like red its just brown just looks more natural or something. Edited by xd99xd
04/24/2015 02:31 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like red but generally think its unrealistic idea over time. The older it is the more questionable it becomes for me. I do however dislike red Indian cents. Wheats I seldom see it being s low end collector. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Brilliant red cents are unpatinated.
Patination is the first (albeit quite often attractive), step towards a completely corroded coin.
For older cents, some prefer them patinated. In the right conditions, good patination can help prevent further corrosion. The charred surface of wood is a good analogy.
Brilliant red uncirculated bronze coins with cartwheel lustre from the 19th and 18th centuries from any country are quite rare, and are therefore more valuable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Copper coins labeled RED are pretty much limited to modern ones from the last 20-30 years.
Problem is unless you use extreme storage conditions your RED coins will become Red-Brown in short order (20 years?).
And that includes slabbed coins as PCGS found out to its displeasure.
They guaranteed their grading and when those RED coins turned RB in their slabs it cost the big bucks to back up their guarantee.
They don't guarantee RED anymore.
So I don't buy coins graded RED; RB is plenty good for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I split the difference and go for red-brown as I go back further in years.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I just really like brown cents over most red ones. Is there anybody else like that. Or is their something worng with me? As much as I love red cents, I go crazy for a high grade George VI brown cent. Not sure what it is exactly, but I really enjoy the detail on the George VI's hair in brown colour.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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PCGS's old guarantee for red cents wasn't worth a red cent !  |
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 Canada
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If you collect NFLD or early Canadian cents, sometimes, brown is all that is available... For me, colour is not the final say in me acquiring a coin. I really like clean (mark-free) surfaces and problem-free coins... I acquired this cent last year, and I sold my other one that was MS-64 red-brown, with carbon spots on it... This one came back PCGS MS-66 Brown, and I love it.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Very nice coin.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like to purchase cents graded as BN....but with red on them! :)
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I got the idea from sorting my pennies into rolls by years. That made me start thinking of how much more I like brown then red. At least I'mnot crazy.
And very nice coin SPPOttawa
Also what ccould I use to get corrosion off a copper penny
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04/24/2015 6:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Copper coins labeled RED are pretty much limited to modern ones from the last 20-30 years. There are some exceptions. This coin is 157 years old http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/29980360/Link fixed  Thanks SPP 
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04/24/2015 7:05 pm
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Canada
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You might want to fix that link - try logging out of your PCGS account, and then pasting in the link from the set registries. It is trying to go through _your_ set registry...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
United States
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I like brown coins myself, mainly because nobody monkeys with a red coin to make it brown! That and they are more affordable. I also enjoy wood grain toning.
By the way that MS66 Small Cent is a real beauty!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I love both red and brown cents. I read in one book about a coin dr. that turned brown cents back to red... in the same book the author went on to say that most red cents had been doctored... (a U.S. book and perhaps a bit of an over exaggeration) but the point has been made that nobody ever works a red cent to turn brown.
On another note.. that cent of yours SPP is fantastic... some day I`d love to pick your brain to see how you up grade your coins and find such beautiful treasures!
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Canada
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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