Does the color on this IHC look artificial?

Hi, indian head cents are one of the few coins I collect nicely toned when I can find one.
The color on this one cool, but something says to me its not original? any opinions??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1902-Indian...ee8fe34a7:g:SUMAAOSwcBhWXtkj&autorefresh=true

 

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I am by no means a toning expert, but it looks kinda suspicious to me, enough so that I'd shy away from it. That's just me though.

 

I don't like it!

Chris

 

Well, the coloring defintally looks splotchy! I think how its off how each piece o fcolor almost looks like its own seperate circle, but I am no expert in toning

 

I'd say it looks like someone used some MS-70 on the face and part of the fields . IMHO .

 

The color is wrong.

 

If they were trying to make the coin MS-70, they failed.

 

Well if someone created that toning, that's an otherwise nice coin down the drain.

 

It looks artificial but I think it is attractive and would have no problem including that coin in an album collection as long as I could get it for the right price, meaning no higher than MS60 price.

 

That's not what, or even close to what, the gentleman said....

This is the "MS-70" he was speaking of....

http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/product/ms-70.html

 

I think he was being facetious. Maybe you are too?

 

No, MS70 coin cleaner causes blue and violet toning on copper coins. This is a well documented fact. There are some spectacular blue toned proof IHCs in NGC & PCGS plastic that are the result of contact with MS70.

 

No... I don't believe he was familiar with it.

 

I was thinking (by the way it was said), that he was joking about trying to make it a grade MS70. Perhaps they were saying they "failed" at making it the wrong color, but the way it was written came across (to me) as a joke on grade.

 

That sure is AT

 

I think rzage got it right. If it wasn't MS70, it was something close. I usually see the blue color with MS70 though.

 

Yeah, it was a good joke, you can see the contrails as it flew above everyone's heads.

 

I think it was a watered down MS70. Pretty evident.

 

Note the reflection of the apparently LED ring lights used. Some of these bright white lights will result in this iridescent appearance. I often use LED ring lights for silver coins as they look more natural and photograph copper/bronze coins in warmer lighting for that same reason. Getting the toning effect of natural lighting can be difficult.

 

To answer the OP, yes.