Not all Copper RBs are the same How are they priced

BIGAL2749

I was at my sb and opened a box of IHC and even though I have several cents in Red, this coin really caught my eye.
Most of my cents labeled RB are well over 50% red but this one has no brown but mellow gold with pink centers. Is there a rule of thumb for pricing those with different degrees of red.

My images are not very focused but the colors are close but not quite as nice as the real coin.

mannie gray

There's no set rule, and I deal mainly in RB Lincolns, but it's all about lack of spots, and eye appeal, and luster.
Yours hits the target on all 3, and if I were selling it, I would ask a 25-35% premium over a generic 5RB.

Whit

And if I were in the market, I'd pay it! That's a beauty.

Whit

Raybo

I like my copper chocolate brown BIGAL, but I would take your mostly red example of an IHC in a hot second.

golden

Nice coin.

lkeigwin

@mannie gray said:
There's no set rule, and I deal mainly in RB Lincolns, but it's all about lack of spots, and eye appeal, and luster.
Yours hits the target on all 3, and if I were selling it, I would ask a 25-35% premium over a generic 5RB.

I'd probably pay 2-3x.
Lance.

OldIndianNutKase

BIGAL, I feel your pain. I have this 1875 IHC PR65 that to me does not show any brown:

And after two submissions it is still RB (TrueView above) . Perhaps we are both brown color blind????

OINK

TommyType

I kind of understand the reason for classifying copper as R/RB/B. It helps describe what it looks like. (Emphasis on "helps").

But it's kind of too bad that the R/RB/B becomes A BIG DRIVER for price. Most times, I'd take a full, even, Brown over many speckled RB coins.

Let eye appeal guide you, I guess....

Walkerguy21D

Coins like this trade individually, on their own merits.
I'm sure a dealer would love to buy it at generic RB sheet prices!

oih82w8

She's a beauty!

WildIdea

You never know with coins like this. Not all buyers are the same, or sellers. It's common to see coins like this can be offered at shows or dealer sites much higher than guides or past even RD waiting for a buyer who prizes them more than a bit of cash that can be replaced. Penny pinchers can walk, I wouldn't be in a hurry to sell problem free Indian cents, demand seems to be rising.

Guides spreadsheets make RDs highest value, RB a little less, and BNs considerably less, but in reality, RB can be seen as stable and some BNs can bring some of the highest premiums. Grading services seem to assign the color wrong more times than not leaving us folks to figure things out on our own anyway, so why follow their spreadsheet on price? This, to me, it a lot of what makes collecting MS copper cents so interesting.

BIGAL2749

@OldIndianNutKase said:
BIGAL, I feel your pain. I have this 1875 IHC PR65 that to me does not show any brown:

And after two submissions it is still RB (TrueView above) . Perhaps we are both brown color blind????

OINK

I think the TPG should expand their number of color designations. RB sounds like 50%RD + 50%BN

ricko

@BIGAL2749...That is a beautiful IHC....one that I probably could not pass up at a show.... Cheers, RickO

RogerB

Really like your 1881 cent, BIGAL2749 !