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    On our side of the pond this seems to mean almost everything for copper coins in a given grade of uncirculated condition. What if any consideration does color (colour) play into determining value of UK copper or bronze coins?
    • CommentAuthorPeter
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
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    I've noticed the descriptions of red or brown in the US...it doesn't mean so much here.
    Fully lustered coins will always make a premium.Personally I like a nice clean tone with good eye appeal.
    Fully lustred are hard to keep that way.
    • CommentAuthorScottO
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
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    red or brown perhaps orange normally, dont forget UK had bronze after 1860 which has plenty of other colours
    orange, yellow (bronze is acctually that colour), black (mint darkened farthings)
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    We had copper coins mostly from British blanks that were sent to the US Mint in Philadelphia, PA to be turned into Half Cents and Large Cents. After that we experimented with a copper nickel alloy and then bronze in the 1860s too. Red, Red/Brown and Brown are used here to determine price and to me it seems even more subjective in some ways than grading. I have seen some coins that I would call red/brown being sold as red and some brown coins being sold as red brown. I too go for condition and luster first and then consider the color (colour) based on price. Keeping copper coins red is not hard if you know how to store them properly.
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    Here in the uk lustre does no seem to matter as much as the us
    A coin with 20% lustre often sells fo half a 50% lustre coin.
    Here in the Uk the difference is less marked.
    I would say an extra 25% would be added to the price, but it does vary esp dealer to dealer and of course the price the dealer paid for the coin - if he got it cheap often you can get a discount.
    English coins are far less popular than uk coins in that the collector base is much smaller - this also leads to wider price gaps and while it is so easy to price up a rare american cent , it is harder with a rare variety 1860 penny as every dealer knows
    • CommentAuthorvicpenny
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2010
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    the later victorian pennys were made with less copper in hence there a shade lighter than the earlyer coins
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