1867 Two Cent for grading

This one arrived today. First glance made me think "cleaned," but what I perceived to be evidence of polishing was actually die polish lines (they all go under the devices, none over, plus they are raised) and a semi-PL surface.

Pardon my bad pictures. I will eventually find a good lighting spot in my apartment. The dark areas are shadows from my iPad.

 

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Let us know how it grades!

 

hard to imagine copper this old staying that color naturally

 

My thoughts too, but it does happen.

 

I think @GDJMSP got tired of responding to a thumbs up.
I am missing a MS example, I'll find one.
Way to go!

 

I will show it to Bill Fivaz this weekend. Before I submit or sell as original, I would like a professional's opinion.

 

If it hasn't been cleaned, it's a home run . . .

 

Very nice coin but do I spy with my little eye a die crack on the E in America?

 

Where's Ed Wood when you need him?
If that is original luster/ color this is a fantastic piece. AU-58/MS-63.
An MS straight grade is a home run as was mentioned previously. It looks like an MS coin but I put AU-58 on the low end, because it's difficult to tell in photos if something has wear or not unless you have the coin in hand for a close examination with a loupe.
A beauty.

 

That's a pretty coin, but I'm not liking the light halo around the devices seen mainly on the obverse. I hope they don't call this cleaning on you, I've certainly seen worse in straight grade holders. The color doesn't seems that far off to me.

 

The halo is the result of my lighting. I certainly did not notice it when I was examining the coin yesterday. I will look again when I get home.

 

I obviously was emptying to many Coors lights last night. I am not sure exactly what that meant except, I hear that there used to be a thumbs up imoji.

 

Better pictures. These capture the color more accurately. I'm still having issues with my iPad's shadow.

 

I looked at the coin in hand, and I saw some semblance of halos, but they look lustrous. On a whim, I pulled out my semi-PL Morgan, and I saw the same halo around the devices. My guess is that there is extra pressure on the die near the edges of the devices as it is a point of changed metal flow, so die wears (and thus cartwheel coin luster is produced) here first.

The two cent is semi-Pl and just covered in die polishing lines, just like my semi-PL Morgan.

 

I really like your coin. Tell us when it grades.

 

You does. There are several other cracks on the reverse around UNITED STATED OF AMERICA.

 

It's pretty but it looks too red to me.

 

The second S in "STATES" looks a little off, and the "T" in trust looks faint... but that's just my observation... I agree, it IS a beautiful coin, exactly 100 years older than me.
;-)