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1896 Indian Cent - Genuine Surfaces Or Artificial?

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Thoughts?
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Ten foot pole.
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Yikes!


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It is of our opinion that this coin exhibits the following characteristics: Very Choice About Uncirculated .


My opinion is they are right but need to add Details, cleaned and artificially retoned.
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The bright area around the date appears like it does because it was harshly cleaned. You can see some striations where it was cleaned.
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Robbudo- as much as I noticed about this coin, I did not notice the striations.
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Altered surfaces. possibly tooled.
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Ouch! Looks scrubbed by a Brillo pad in places.
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