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1909 Indian 1c. Would this be considered Red?
Ktp
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Ktp
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Close but I think it will get an rb due to the dark spots. That said in general I think it looks more like a red coin.
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From the photos I think RB, the obverse is the hold up imo.
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The pictures make it a bit tough. A “red” coin can be RB if the color is a bit muted, and to me, the coin looks like that may be the case. Add in the spotting and perhaps darker fields in front of the bust and I think it may well be RB.
If the color in the photos is correct I would say that it was dipped long ago and not properly washed.
RB is judged straight on
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It seems somewhat borderline but I think RB due to the spots.
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It would either be R&B or a poor red because of the spots. I would vote red, but it might lower the numeric grade.
I'm not absolutely sure, but I think I read that PCGS grades a coin red if it maintains 95% of it's original Mint color??. So according to that i agree with RB
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Looks to me like RB, but close, and judging from pictures (i.e. lighting, angle) makes it really tough. Cheers, RickO
Here are photos next to a red wheat cent. Not sure if it
is comparable to wheat cent as far as color.
@ricko how
about compared to a red wheat cent
@Ktp... It looks about the same in those pictures.... Lighting in pictures can be tricky.... The pictures are good, just not sure how the graders will see it 'in hand'. Cheers, RickO
IDK, an awful lot of carbon spots on the obv. Rev looks nicer. Peace Roy
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Close call but it will probably get the RD designation. Please let us know what it grades.
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I am in the RED camp also.
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if submitted, i think there is at least a chance at QC. looks a bit pink to me from the pics. in-hand may be different.
I like it as RED better than RED/BROWN.
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What does QC mean? Cleaned?
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questionable color. sometimes copper coins are dipped or otherwise altered to make them appear more red but this usually results in either a little or a lot of pink color which is what the coins look like when they were minted but when altered to look like this it doesn't come out looking natural. sometimes this is done to deceive, sometimes not. i'm not saying 100% here but it has that look to me FROM the pics provided. more then obv than the rev. but it could be ok too.
Questionable Color
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@LanceNewmanOCC thanks for the explanation.
it was in a small plastic sleeve used in cigarette machines. They stapled change to a pack of cigs. It was part of my grandfathers collection who was in the vending machine business way back when. I will send it in to Pcgs just for fun. I will keep you posted.
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it is advisable to send a few coins at a time to reduce cost per-coin. but have fun and let us know how it turns out.