1893 IHC Proof

SkyMan

Here's an 1893 NGC PR66BN IHC I picked up last year in Long Beach. It's in an old "Fatty" holder. The white scuffs are on the slab. The images are by Bob Campbell and I think he did an excellent job.

logger7

With high grade ihc coins, does the lack of red or red brown affect grade at any of the services? Nice coin.

OldEastside

She's a beauty Sy...........Congrats, I like em like that

Steve

crazyhounddog

Great looking IHC !!

AMRC

A coin like that deserves a new slab. Unless you are a fatty lover

BillJones

@logger7 said:
With high grade ihc coins, does the lack of red or red brown affect grade at any of the services? Nice coin.

It shouldn't. The system is you have a preservation grade (spots, hairlines marks), which is the number, and then a color, Red, Red-Brown and Brown.

I'd rather have a spot-free Brown piece any day over a spotty Red piece. I don't care for Red copper, generally. Too many of those pieces have been "helped." A leading dealer once showed me two holders that had once held Proof Indian Cents. The coins had been eaten up by the acid that had been used to make them Red. All that was left was some dust.

SeattleSlammer

What's up with the tiny brontosaurus underneath the T ?

Beautiful color and coin.

SkyMan

Thank you guys for your kind comments!

@SeattleSlammer said:
What's up with the tiny brontosaurus underneath the T ?

Beautiful color and coin.

I hadn't even contemplated it that way, but I can completely see what you mean from the picture. The coin is in the SDB, but the next time I go to the bank I'll check it out. My best guess, is that the brontosaurus is an image artifact of a dark spot under the lighting conditions for that specific image.

sparky64

I've said it before but I'll repeat that I really like Proof IHC's.
I think it may be the headress and wreath that really show off in Proof.
I also prefer the BN's.
Great one, congrats.

COINS MAKE CENTS

Great looking ihc

TopographicOceans

I like the cameo effect especially on the reverse.
Nice coin

ldhair

Pretty coin.

johnny9434

that's a way nice coin

OldIndianNutKase

@BillJones said:

@logger7 said:
With high grade ihc coins, does the lack of red or red brown affect grade at any of the services? Nice coin.

It shouldn't. The system is you have a preservation grade (spots, hairlines marks), which is the number, and then a color, Red, Red-Brown and Brown.

I'd rather have a spot-free Brown piece any day over a spotty Red piece. I don't care for Red copper, generally. Too many of those pieces have been "helped." A leading dealer once showed me two holders that had once held Proof Indian Cents. The coins had been eaten up by the acid that had been used to make them Red. All that was left was some dust.

Interestingly, my submittal rate on RD RAW IHC's is less than 10% (usually Questionable Color) while my submittal rate on RAW toned IHC's is above 90%.

OINK