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1914 Wheat Penny. Need Help On RB, Red And/ Or Brown Please

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Hello I was just wondering if this is Red/Brown/Red Brown? It's not in very good shape but I'm putting my wheat pennies in a album with some details. Any input would be awesome. Thank you before hand. I have many coins but most are in pretty bad shape so not valuable to many but I'm proud of my collection.

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Color designation only applies to uncirculated copper coins. All circulated copper coins are assumed to be brown. Red refers to the hue of fresh copper, as it would appear just after the coin is struck. Because of copper's propensity to darken over the years, only very small fractions of old copper coins are found with coloration that would numismatically be deemed Red. According to PCGS grading guidelines, the following defines the Red designation for a copper coin: PCGS designated Red (RD) for copper coins that grade MS60 or better and show 95% or more of their original mint-red color.

PCGS Director of Education Mike Sherman explained for grading that a full red copper coin will display 95% or more of its original color, while red & brown will display anywhere between 5% and 95% of its original red color which should help in self grading some of them. Brown (BN) (Less than 5% of original red color visible). On all Mint State and Proof copper coins (Half Cents, Large Cents, Small Cents, Two Cent Pieces and some patterns) one of the three color ratings is assigned.

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Agreed with datadragon. Your coin is well circulated and would be considered brown in color - although that designation does not apply to coins in this state of wear.
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 Posted 01/23/2023  9:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Younosabe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you
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B/RB/RED are not assigned to coins of this grade.
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Glad to hear you are enjoying your collection. After all that's what it is all about. I firmly believe you do not need the best of the best to have a good collection.
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Just a low grade coin so no color designation gets applied.
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