New to Pennies - What is BN, RB, RD???
Abaco24
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Is that just the color designation as in Brown, Red Brown, or Red?
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<< <i>Si >>
Posting in Spanish now eh?
TorinoCobra71
As to what the standards are for each, RD must be fully 100% red. RB has to be more than 50% red, I believe. Anything else is BN (even if it does have a little red on it.)
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<< <i>Close. Red needs to be 90% or more red. Red-Brown is for about 20%-90% red. Brown is for below 20% red or for any other color that is non-red (like green or blue) when said color(s) dominate the look of a coin. >>
Thanks. I stand corrected.
But if you shop using the standards I originally guessed at, I suppose you'll do OK, if the standards nwcs mentioned are the real ones recognized by the grading services. Mine are easier to remember and a little tougher.
Oh- good point about colored toning, too- those pieces will get a RB most of the time, even if there's nothing particularly red or brown about the colors.
Case in point- this proof Indian cent with yellow-gold fields and a hot pink portrait got a PR62 RB grade at ANACS. Even though there was no Brown on it, and not much Red.
Some colorfully toned coins might get a BN designation but have pretty bluish or purplish hues.