How's the color on this 1849 Cent ?

ss350camaro

mgoodm3

I like the color. A little grundgy but that's OK.

JohnMaben

Looks cleaned, or oily from "care" or something similar. or both.

ldhair

Some of the color around the stars would make me want to see it in hand before I laid down any money.

coinguy89

That's the kind of color on these I prefer to look at, looks fine to me. Nice strike on this piece too.

darktone

I agree with John Maben. I would describe this as glossy brown and I believe there was a thread on glossy coppers just a few days ago. I would also say this look is market acceptable. mike

ColonialCoinUnion

Dark, oily, unattractive and below average.

Bustman

Looks oiled/ cleaned

earlwbollinger

It looks like someone cleaned it in the past and either laquered or waxed it.
Usually the stars is the first place I look to spot cleaning.
Fortunately, if it is a decent coin, it might be pobbile to soak it in acetone for a while, dry it,
and carry it around in pocket of put it in your desk for a while (years?)
To tone it back up. The "darkener" solutions might help too.
But I haven't tried any of that stuff myself.

originalisbest

I don't disagree with colonialcoinunion, except to say that I feel this is pretty close to average; there are far many worse, and not near as many better, IMO.