1863 Indian Head Penny

looks like it used to be a mint state coin and wasnt properly sealed sort of reminds me of mint sets starting to turn, or it was touched by accident

maybe it is glare, but I don't see the curl that goes down towards the cheek, half way between the eye and ear. Is that on the coin in good detail?

Here's a couple of better images.
Not sure what to think of the coin.

Maybe it was cleaned a long time ago and that's why the fields look shiny?

It doesn't look like it was cleaned harshly because I don't see any fine scratches. Also it is UNC it's just the weird color makes the liberty and other tell tale signs look weakly struck.

Could this be a fake? Something just doesn't seem right with the coin to me.

Yeah the more I look at the coin the more I would have to agree with the UNC details grade.

That would explain the weird color, some parts of the fields are very pale which to me would indicate that all of the original color was once stripped away by some kind of non evasive cleaning solution.

It's a shame too because it also has a rotated reverse by about 40%.

Just have no clue why somebody would want to render such a great coin almost worthless.

cleaned and recolored.

rotations are fairly common on the 1863 but they only command a premium if they are rotated at least 90 degrees.

Regardless of possibly cleaned or not, your question as to having it graded is up to you. Yes it could possibly be in the MS catagory but all that means is if you could sell it, you'ld only get about $80 to $100. If you spend the money on grading and slabbing, and it comes back as cleaned, you would have blown that cost. And also, reduced the possible now value. If it was mine, I'd just put it in my album and forget it.

It does not appear to be a proof.