Here is another 1854 Half Cent. like to know your thoughts on grade and specifically color. does this look natural RB or re-colored at some point? maybe cleaned and re-toned?
Quote: does this look natural RB or re-colored at some point?
It is a nice looking coin, as for natural or re-colored, I'll wait for the color experts to chime in.
I remember reading somewhere that the color should be the same, your coin shows a darker color around the stars, letters & date, and may have had some type of cleaning.
EF40 to me, not sure if it would go recolored or not.
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The darker brown halo around the devices suggests cleaning to me. (I don't mean the dirt; I mean the field color near the devices.) However, it's really hard to tell from a photo.
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