Does it appeared cleaned?

Looking for a few opinions on this 2 cent, I am bidding on the coin but feel it was cleaned because of a little "weird" halo appearance

Opinions welcome to approx value

 

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I agree. Looks cleaned. I would hold out for a better one. How much are you willing to spend, if you don't mind me asking?
I see several just under $100 graded XF40/45 on Ebay.

 

Cleaned for sure, it is a common date and nice examples can be found at reasonable prices.

 

I would spend that for a quality coin and will probably end up with something like that . But I would also spend less for an uncleaned version for an album even at a much lower grade as I get a certain satisfaction and enjoyment in raw coins not found with slabbed ones

 

Your choice, but this is a very nice piece and well struck and above average detail, and could be improved with a professional enhancement. If you are confident in your ability to do so yourself, then I do not see a downside.

Cleaned at one time? Most likely. But, deciphering same via a 'weird" halo appearance? I don't think so.

Place a 5X (or if desired and preferred, a 10X) on the screen. You may see benefits to the piece.

 

It was late and "weird halo" was all I had. I was referring to the fields and what i took as an unnaturally cleaner area. I agree the coin is sharp and has some definite draw. I am attempting to determine at what cost it becomes a downside

 

I assumed it was a self-description; I viewed the fields particularly and did not see a downside (maybe different in hand but I doubt it). 90% of the story is the Obverse. I don't think there is anything that is unnatural about the visual appearance, short of viewing the piece in hand.

I don't normally opine on the $, but if forced to do so, I peg it at $45-$60 wholesale.
As a very nice representative piece for an album, this piece is a satisfying choice. A $100? No. That would certainly be a sight unseen downside. Maybe you can pm ToughCoins and/or Paddy54 here, and they might have a thought or 2 that helps better.

 

I appreciate the weigh in, kinda of what I believed as well, and so far we are about at that price and if stays there I think I would be happy at that.

With its age, it being raw, and an auction I expect some cleaning at some point in its lifetime but thought it looked pretty sharp and not harshly handled

 

Definitely cleaned

 

Yes, cleaned. But in pretty good technical shape. Just missing the icing on the cake in a manner of speaking.

 

Cleaned, but i don't see a bunch of hairlines. A little less objectionable, imo.

 

Guessing it’s cleaned.

 

I like raw. Slabs are to big

 

Ya but

 

Unfortunately it has been cleaned. It’s too bad because the coin is unusually sharp for a circulated piece.

Over time some of the original color might return. I used to have some old coin envelopes I used to retone coins like this, but the process took three or four years.

 

I can actually live with some hairlines from a light wiping that may leave those. It's the stripping away of the surface that takes the life out of it that's the big drawback to me. That's irreversible. You never, ever get that back. You've a flat, dead coin. No bounce in the lighting, no nothing.

 

I only have 2 two cent coins. An 1864 Large Size and an 1870 Two-Cent Piece, 1st Year "In God We Trust" Large Size. I'm not into the older coins. These were from my father's collection. One day I'm going to get a camera and picture my coins.

 

I remember an episode of The Waltons where grandpa had a two cent piece that he was selling because the family needed money. The script said that he sold it to Ike, the storekeeper, for $50. I had to laugh because those coins were worth a tiny fraction of that in the 1930. The first edition of The Red Book, copyright 1946, had 1964 and '65 coins listed for $1.00 in Unc. The most expensive coin was the 1864 Small Mott Proof, which is a great rarity with an estimated 5 known, for $125.

 

I've had decent luck getting coins like that to grow a new skin by leaving them sit on my nightstand for a couple years or so. I've never been able to unscratch a coin, though.

 

VF-30 details, harshly cleaned. The motto is too weak to make XF, imo. The "halo" effect suggests it may have been whizzed decades ago but the photo is too far out of focus to be certain.