Has this 1857 Large Cent been Recolored?

The color in the pictures is reasonably close to the coin in-hand.

 

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Looks like a natural color of brown to me.

 

Looks original to me too ...

 

Looks AU-50 BN to me

 

To me this coin looks very unnatural. Color is off.

 

I was thinking that but starting looking at the lighting. It's been a while but I remember the problems I had trying to image dark copper. My images always turned out too bright or too dark.

 

I don't have much experience with copper after the 1820's, but I am pretty familiar with how early coppers up to that date should look like.
This one looks certainly different to any of my early coppers. That is why I was asking.

 

I think it has original surfaces.
REASON: All of the debris around the devices, particularly on the reverse.

 

Looks original to me. Nice coin.

 

Color looks funny but I think it’s the images. It’s nice and dirty. Au 50 to me too

 

Looks original to me and uncleaned. I'd keep it.

 

May have been dipped at some time but is re-toning to natural color over time.

 

Wow.... I been looking at old coins a mighty long time. I swear I thought this was an illustration. Not a photo image. Time for me to throw out the three dollar readers and go see the eye doc.

 

It is a nice chocolate. However, the rim is a different color than the rest of the coin. Both sides. Is it the lighting bouncing off the rim?

 

It sort of looks it has a flat (not matte) brown-anodized finish; recently manufactured, almost. You don't usually see such an old metallic object with such a uniform finish.
My devil's advocate two cents worth.

 

Thanks all for your opinions.
This is a coin I am tempted to put in a short acetone bath.

 

If you do that how about posting after pictures?

 

Whilst I agree it’s possible it was cleaned long ago and has since retoned, I think it looks great.

I don’t believe acetone will have any effect - positive or negative.

 

It looks unnatural to me and this is why. Hard to put my finger on but could it be made in China?