I must have taken a crappy picture. This coin has great luster. But can a coin that old with that much wear (I am thinking AU-50ish) retain that much original color? It is probably recolored. If you all are seeing pink and dead luster than my pics are not showing the coin as it is. The color is orange, no pink.
The reason I believe it has been cleaned is in the protected areas there is a build-up of dirt and the fields are too clean, so that is, to me, strike one. Strike two, is that the colour is blanched, it is more a peach colour than a red or redbrown. And strike three is that as far as I can tell the coin has no lustre. What you may be thinking is lustre is just the shine from the cleaning.
Yep couldn't have said it better myself guys Coins like this, normally don't have that color, unless actually toned that way..That coin looks like a memorial penny (By looking at color) Some of the scratches can be too well seen, and from the coin, no luster present Just a shine from cleaning, almost like a good polishing job Still a nice coin
I believe the coin's color is not natural for the following reasons: o It has lots of chatter on the cheek and high-point wear, and any 1843 with that saw that much circulation wouldn't be this red color. o The color appears over "shiny" not "lustrous" surfaces. Red coins almost always have luster underneath. Recolored coins, like the one pictured, are shiny underneath. o The color is "off". It's a pumpkin color, not a copper color. o It's an 1843, and red or even RB 1843's are seriously rare. It's actually a pretty good recoloring job, IMO, and would fool the inexperienced....Mike
