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Copper Coin Designations

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 Posted 02/05/2020  5:09 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Groszy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm not quite sure "designation" is accurate, but we're going with it.

For Copper Coins, including standard bronze or copper plated, we have Red, Red-Brown, and Brown.

But what about other copper compounds? Like Nickel-Brass, or Nordic Gold, or Manganese Brass?

Clearly they oxidize.

Are there any terms used in Numismatics to describe a "Red" Nickel-Brass coin from a heavily oxidized "Brown" nickel-brass?

Or "red" and "brown"? Even though that's technically inaccurate?
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Good question.

I'm curious about the origins of "red," "red-brown," "brown."
Were they coined () by the North American TPGs?

And, are they anything other than subjective?

A "technical" specification for a color would presumably be something like a wavelength.

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