Définition

• Brown.  The color of toned bronze and heavily toned copper. Brown is in contrast to red, a collectors' term for mint luster or the untoned finish on bronze coins. Also a  wide spectrum of brown colors appear as patina finishes on bronze or copper objects.  See patina.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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