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1853 Braided Hair Half Cent - Color?

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What do you think of this Braided Hair Half Cent offered on ebay for auction?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1853-Braid...203220451399

Is the color supposed to look like this "neon red-brown"? It almost seems like "spray-painted" to me.
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Looks like it has been cleaned and now starting to retone

EDIT: It just seems too "pink"
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Quote:
EDIT: It just seems too "pink"


Exactly!
So I am right to be suspicious...
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Almost certainly cleaned and re-toning.
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I'm not agreeing with the re-toning crowd...I think it's OK.

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First impression cleaned and retoned as well. Haloed color visible around the devices does not look natural, and maintains a pretty flat appearance. No original skin left on that one, certainly not choice unc IMO
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Blue background is probably causing the pink.
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Well it's definitely brown now.
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