Hate when I see large cents destroyed by a cleaning

This one pained me very much, you stripped the whole gosh darn patina and its an unnatural pink for a coin from 1797
Otherwise the meat on this coin is very good, but the cleaning just kills it.
I think the fact that theyre so old is what gets me to throw a fit every darn time.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1797-Philadelphia-Mint-Copper-Draped-Bust-Large-Cent-/353126110070?hash=item5237f4d376%3Ag%3AgvwAAOSwkfle%7ETZn&nma=true&si=UoKUBg4Pmohm%252FYJMsKcYqihXIz0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

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In most cases I find the cleaning of coins irritating. I personally cleaned 1 coin in my life. It was a well tarnished Morgan Dollar I got when I was a child. I dipped it in some silver cleaner and I first was impressed on how shiny it now looked. I felt bad though, when I put it into my folder next to a few AU dollars I had. The dipped coin stood out like a sore thumb. It just didn't look right. So I decided I never will clean a coin again.

 

Could not agree more. Same goes for the tone doctors out there as well. Ughh.