Shield nickel toned - Is this unc?

Just snagged this beauty, and you guessed it, it's for the 7070. What do you guys think? Is it uncirculated? I wouldn't mind hearing a value. I hope I didnt overpay...too much.
Also, are those some die cracks I see at the ends of the leaves?

 

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How much did you pay for it? It looks a little bit suspicious on the cleaning side.

 

Hard to say from those pics if it has suffered an old cleaning or not. Doesn't appear to be much luster just kind of a flat matte finish so I would suspect it has been cleaned

 

Cleaning would have removed the toning. It looks pretty original to me.

 

Cleaning would remove any 'original' toning, but it can re-tone.
Looks cleaned to me, but I am no expert.

 

I'm not sure that toning is natural. But then I'm far more familiar with toning patterns on silver than on nickel.

Details look Unc. at a glance.

 

This type of toning is referred as "target toning". heres my vnickel with similar tone:

 

I'd need to see it in hand to be sure, but the coin in question, from pictures, IMO, is uncirc details, old dipping and retoned from that. I think it is a pretty good looking coin though.

 

I agree, the coin looks close enough to warrant an UNC grade . Nice Coin.