Accepted Color on Early Coppers

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• ddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭

  February 22, 2006 9:04AM

  Anyone?
  
  

  
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• Fairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 22, 2006 9:07AM

  Go look at Trinkets coin again. Toward the bottom of the coin it looks as though the blues are stacked on top of each other. Your coin does not have that look from what I can see.
  
  Ken

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• DeputyPud Posts: 158

  February 22, 2006 9:15AM

  IMO,
  Your coin is just fine where it is. Coppers are well respected in NGC holders.
  The color looks fine to me (not being able to see it 'in hand'). If you're looking to sell the piece at a show, the early copper guys are going to grade the piece themselves using EAC standards and their own expertise. (did I spell that right?). Don't sweat the grade on this coin. It looks choice, and it will bring the right money.

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• TheRegulator Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭

  February 22, 2006 9:15AM

  You just beat me to a response!
  
  Seems like a lot of the color has to do with surfaces. Early copper with hard, reflective, proof or proof-like surfaces seems more likely to tone in the colors of magenta, purplish, aqua-blue/greens, and "pea-rhymes-with-clock" blues. See if you can find some images of proof cents of maybe some proof-like conder tokens, and chances are you'll see some of these colors. If an early copper had these colors and did not have proof/proof-like surfaces, I would be a bit more weary. Doesn't mean it couldn't be natural. I really don't collect these high grades, but believe these observations are pretty much on. Maybe someone else can chime in...

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• goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭

  February 22, 2006 9:15AM

  if you like your coin WHY do you care what brand of plastic it is contained in?

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• ddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭

  February 22, 2006 9:18AM

  I guess I was more curious if NGC was respected for early coppers...Im not looking to cross, just dont like the thought of having AT coins...
  
  *shudder*
  
  
  
  Thanks for the help all.

  
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• carl Posts: 2,054 ✭

  February 22, 2006 9:59AM

  Coins look great to me as is. If thier color bothers you, you could always just get rid of them by sending them to me. In reality, to many people don't like that color so they dip or clean the coins to bring back the original color for the uninformed collector that just wants all thier coins to look pretty.

  Carl

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