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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4956864, member: 105571&quot;]I purchased this 1857 half cent raw from a dealer at FUN a couple of years ago.&nbsp; He had it for sale as UNC but I told him I didn&#039;t think it was and would give him 45 money for it.&nbsp; He agreed, possibly because I had just purchased two nice proof Walkers from him.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have wondered since (I know more now than I did then) if the dark color and the patchiness on the obverse could be attributed to an old cleaning and a subsequent natural or artificial re-toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to opine on grade and color.&nbsp; I would like to resolve my uncertainty.&nbsp; Regardless of the consensus I will probably replace this in my half cent set because all the other coins are chocolate and solid AU. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note:&nbsp; The &quot;lintiness&quot; is just from the 2x2 that I didn&#039;t blow off before I took the photos.&nbsp; Again, just another newbie mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1191539[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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