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Shooting more coins. GTG of this Indian Cent. Grade revealed.
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Snowing out and I am shooting stuff today. If you guys get tired of me posting this stuff let me know. Otherwise I will keep posting different coins as I reshoot them with proper white balance.
MS66RD.
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65 RD, and that may be conservative.
Concur with @Walkerguy21D , I’m at 65rd but based on @P0CKETCHANGE’s last IHC thread, I’m leaving room for myself to be surprised. I never get tired of GTG threads, it really helps to sharpen my skills with different series that I don’t collect, so keep ‘em comin
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I like it at 64+RD. Looks like some crazy luster might be there in hand.
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You have to remember when the coin is magnified to the size of a tea saucer, every flaw is exaggerated.
Beautiful coin. I'm with the 65RDers.
64 RD
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66RD
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MS66.
First thought was 66RD. Great coin and great photo regardless of grade. What does your lighting set up look like?
I think safely an MS65RD, wouldn't be terribly surprized if it hit MS66RD. Beautiful Indian regardless. Great photo also.
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First thought was 65RD ... second thought was maybe 65+?
Nice looker, for sure.
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Seems too nice for 65 imo... I'd say 66rd. Nice pictures too... These seem to vex me a bit for some reason trying to capture them.
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66RD. Beautiful!
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MS 65 + Rd.
65+ Rd.
It looks like Questionable Color (.91) to me. Nice coin but dipped.
65 RD
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66rd
65 shot 65+ RD
Looks like 65RD... Such a great picture too.... Looking again.. it may grade higher...The picture sure is a 70. Cheers, RickO
66 RD-- Very nice!
66 RD...and I never get tired of high quality coin pictures! Helps me learn...
K
What about the coin makes you think questionable color? I ask not to challenge but to learn. If I had to guess why you came to that conclusion I would say that there is not enough variation in color. Would that be correct or do you see something else?
When you say dipped what do you think it was dipped in? Wouldn't dipping remove luster and make the coin have an unnatural color that is pretty easy to spot?
I appreciate your feedback as I have zero experience with conserving or dipping coins and look forward to reading your opinions.
Many fully original RD copper coins display uniform color. Additionally, many dipped ones still exhibit plentiful luster. But yes, many, if not most of them also end up with unnatural color.
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I have purchased a number of RAW old red copper. They have all graded .91 questionable color. RB coins get dipped because the value of the coin as RD is very significantly higher.
This coin is too gold and lacking any orange overtones, which is original mint color. The fields also show a little too much texture. Following is an example of an 1898 IHC that is 67.5 RD (not mine).
OINK
Nice! 66 Rd.
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Following is an example of an 1898 IHC that is 67.5 RD (not mine).
The example you posted appears to display mellowed color, particularly on the reverse, and looks very close to (if not) RB.
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65RB
How do you know when you have found the proper white balance?
I know that sounds really stupid but my background always seems to come out with a blue or pink hue.
Thanks for the feedback! The coin grades 66RD. It is in a gen 4.5 holder which was in use from 2011 to Jan of 2013. If I had to bet I would bet the coin looks the same today as it did when it was slabbed. So I think it is stable. I love the look of the coin above. Thanks for guessing and the comments on the photography! I am having fun reshooting my coins. More to come.
Are you talking about the coin at the top of this thread? It couldn’t be much more RD in appearance.
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In a previous thread @robec posted instructions on how to set white balance for the conditions you are shooting in. I followed them and have been much happier with the results. So whether or not it is the proper white balance it gives a much truer outcome.
@MFeld Are you talking about the coin at the top of this thread? It couldn’t be much more RD in appearance.
The 67.5 RD coin that I previously posted possess a rational evolution of a mint state coin after 125 years. Your attempt to suggest it might be RB is not well thought out. The OP coin has a very unnatural gold color that is not reflective of a naturally toned coin. PCGS has graded these coins as original RD, but they are not. As an example, you will not find IHC's in Stewart Blay's collection that have a "gold" color, they all have a very high content of original mint color and luster. Please note the substantial premium for Blay's Red Copper........it is ORIGINAL RD color. I estimate that at least 50% of the RD copper on Coin Facts is not original RD color, which explains the premium of Blay's coins over PCGS values. Truly RD copper is much more rare than indicated on the PCGS POP report.
Did the ones that you bought raw which graded 91 look like my coin? If so I am surprised that not even one straight graded. I appreciate your input and I am going to look at Blay's collection in the registry. I will report back on what I see.
Yes, and I’m not versed in these by any stretch. I just know I’ve seen some graded RB when in fact they look almost red. To me this one looks golden light brown but it could be my screen resolution.
He would be a good one to ask those Rosie’s are beautiful, didn’t realize he was shooting them.
This is an example of one of my RAW coins that graded 91. Perhaps someone can tell me what is QC????
My point is that IHC's do not degrade from original red to gold. They will degrade to RD with some brown, or blue or a number of different copper oxide compound colors. See IHC PR coins which display fantastic colors, but none of them are gold.
OINK
There is zero brown look in hand. The coin does have a golden orange look that is quite attractive to me.
I looked at Red Coppers coins that have photos in the set registry. There are a few that have the same golden orange look as my coin. Others have a very different look. I am not saying this coin belongs with those coins. But to my eye it is not a RB coin that was dipped. I like getting the different views and opinions.
@OldIndianNutKase said:
The 67.5 RD coin that I previously posted possess a rational evolution of a mint state coin after 125 years. Your attempt to suggest it might be RB is not well thought out. The OP coin has a very unnatural gold color that is not reflective of a naturally toned coin. PCGS has graded these coins as original RD, but they are not. As an example, you will not find IHC's in Stewart Blay's collection that have a "gold" color, they all have a very high content of original mint color and luster. Please note the substantial premium for Blay's Red Copper........it is ORIGINAL RD color. I estimate that at least 50% of the RD copper on Coin Facts is not original RD color, which explains the premium of Blay's coins over PCGS values. Truly RD copper is much more rare than indicated on the PCGS POP report.
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A “rational evolution of a mint state coin after 125 years” doesn’t have anything to do with whether the coin you posted merits a RD (or a different) color designation. After that amount of time, copper coins can be naturally fully RD, fully BN or anywhere in between.
Please explain why my suggestion that the coin you posted might be RB wasn’t “well thought out”? I made my assessment based on the significant mellowing of color apparent in its images - nothing more and nothing less.
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I never would’ve graded it RB, is it possible your exposure is too dark.
Brighten that little sucker up.
Different dates can exhibit different color/shades of RD prior to mellowing.
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I think your point is off in that it did not turn gold but was minted that way. There are many coins in Blays collection that have an original gold color. Not all Indians cents were orange at the time of minting. Some were a beautiful original gold color.
To me I agree with the 91 on that coin. It has that pinkish orange look that comes with messing with a coin.
I would also have to Disagree about the gold on Proof Indians. Some of the prettiest looking Proofs I have seen have a gold coloring to them.
Heck the 1898 you posted above has some nice gold color to it!
Dagnammit 66RD was my first thought. Then I started reading all the responses and remembered how tight the coin gods are on Indians. So I started questioning the high points and eventually the color.
But you have to admit these coins look flawless in 66/67. And of course with the help of the TrueView services :-)
@MFeld Please explain why my suggestion that the coin you posted might be RB wasn’t “well thought out”? I made my assessment based on the significant mellowing of color apparent in its images - nothing more and nothing less.
PCGS graded that coin as RD, and if you look at 1898 IHC cents on CoinFacts and apply your RB interpretation they could all be RB in the RD category. The gold "toning" of the OP coin is not a natural progression of copper toning and is probably due to a dip at some point in time. RD is very rare on coins over 100 years old........just go back to large cent RD POP on RD coins.......practically non-existant. BTW: I am suggesting that PCGS grading standards on RD copper are not objective. Perhaps you look to PCGS as the arbiter of all reality in determination of RD copper?
OINK
Prior to Stewart Blay's demise, I have had a few conversations with him on line and in person regarding Red Copper. I collect "blue" copper and when he asks if my blue copper is because of MS70, I reply that PCGS graded them. And when I ask him if is RD copper was ever dipped, he responded the same. I always knew that Stewart wanted the best possible ORIGINAL RD copper for his collection. And he knew that all RD coins certified by PCGS are not original RD.
My opinion of RD copper comes not only from Blay, but also my knowledge of copper reactions with other elements. Copper can tone many colors, but gold does not seem to be on the list of possible reactives.
I don’t know what the CoinFacts 1898 cents look like in-hand. My comments on the color of the subject coin and the one you posted were based on the images provided, which is all I had to go by.
I consider myself well versed with 100+ year-old copper coins of various types and colors, but feel free to continue to point me in the right direction. And no, I don’t consider PCGS or anyone else “the arbiter of all reality in determination of RD copper”.
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