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Where is the red on this RB cent?

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nwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 3:26AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Can you find it?

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mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 3:31AM

Not a lot of red there.

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Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭

May 19, 2005 3:37AM

wow some coin values are really plummeting.
scary

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sellsatan Posts: 663

May 19, 2005 3:39AM

I see little winks of red on that coin (the rim at 6 o'clock on the obverse, the detail in Libby's hair). If it were mine and raw I would feel like that grade was a gift.

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nwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 3:40AM

I know that RB generally starts at 16% red or so but this is way too brown to be called red-brown. I know you can lighten the image till it looks quite red but I think it is probably quite dark in person.

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Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 3:45AM

I'll bet you there's a lot more red than you'd think. Heritage does a poor job imaging copper.

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DMWJR Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 3:49AM

I don't think NGC starts their RB spectrum at 16%. I'm thinking less. I have seen way too many brown copper coins in RB holders over there.

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MrEureka Posts: 24,791 ✭✭✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 5:13AM

Where is the red on this RB cent?

All copper coins are red on the inside. If you doubt it, get out the exacto knife!

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Numismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 5:20AM

Can you see the red on this 1868 two center? It's graded PCGS MS65RB.

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millennium Posts: 3,305

May 19, 2005 5:28AM

Lighten up the pic with their tool...you'll see the red...

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ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 5:30AM

Looks like almost full brown -- but remember, this *is* a Heritage picture.

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ChuckC Posts: 1,600

May 19, 2005 6:16AM

Heritage's scans limit luster and toning; for all we know, this coin is a solid RB

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EagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

May 19, 2005 7:54AM

Maybe RB stands for Really Brown.

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