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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1600673, member: 2972&quot;]If the photos are accurate....</p><p><br /></p><p>The color is unnatural and I would more properly call that coin dipped.&nbsp; The TPGs might say improperly dipped, improperly cleaned, or the catch-all &quot;altered surfaces&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; More to the point, I don&#039;t see any evidence of a &quot;wire wheel&quot; or any burnishing or whizzing (the numismatic equivalents). But the coin&#039;s luster looks burnt none-the-less.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it were properly recolored by an expert it would be more saleable (it could be re-toned a more pleasing brown kind of like this coin: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Braided-Hair-Large-Cent-Glossy-Brown-Uncirculated-/281041659096?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item416f6364d8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Braided-Hair-Large-Cent-Glossy-Brown-Uncirculated-/281041659096?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item416f6364d8" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Braided-Hair-Large-Cent-Glossy-Brown-Uncirculated-/281041659096?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item416f6364d8</a> ), but really that coin has be ruined, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what a mint state natural mellowed red-brown large cent from that period should look like (IMO, of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://m7.i.pbase.com/o2/81/115381/1/113663307.7pI93Ve7.1855largecentpcgsms63rbobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See the difference in hue?&nbsp; See the frost?</p><p><br /></p><p>For $80, I&#039;d much rather have this coin:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-Braided-Hair-Cent-PCGS-XF-40-Slanted-5-24931107-/140900391391?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item20ce5159df" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-Braided-Hair-Cent-PCGS-XF-40-Slanted-5-24931107-/140900391391?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item20ce5159df" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-Braided-Hair-Cent-PCGS-XF-40-Slanted-5-24931107-/140900391391?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item20ce5159df</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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