Braided Half Cent

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• NewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 9:09AM

  Well, copper can tone many different colors depending on impurities in the original copper sheet as well as storage and air impurities the coin has been subjected to over the years. You can find old copper in light tan to black but in choice condition with no problems. There are some colonial pieces that almost always come dark black because of the other elements mixed into the copper when the original sheet was rolled.

  New England Rarities...Dealer In Colonial Coinage and Americana

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• coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 9:18AM

  Dark (chocolate) brown is one color that copper coins can turn/mellow to, naturally.

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• MikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 9:22AM

  
  
  << <i>Dark (chocolate) brown is one color that copper coins can turn/mellow to, naturally. >>
  
  
  
  You are, of course, correct. However, I should also point out that it is also the color that results from the application of Deller's Darkener.
  
  While telling the difference through one of Frosty's photos is hardly possible, the even dark brown coloration is a red flag for this copper collector at least, as is the seller's long-standing practice of selling what appears to me to be doctored copper.
  
  Respectfully...Mike

  Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.

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• BlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 21, 2011 9:29AM

  Deller's would be a distinct possibility.

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