Is this 2 cent AT?

Numis

I got this 2 cent piece about ten years ago and sent it to PCGS when I first got it and it came back questionable color. It has not changed colors significantly from ten years ago. Is it clearly AT?

IwasAgentjim007

Totally messed up.

roadrunner

I wouldn't be so quick to judge it AT.



While MS reddish 2 cent pieces don't typically get rainbow colors like that, it is very light. And maybe some of that at obv 10:00 is due to a light fingerprint touch? Nice looking coin imo.

TomB

Those top two images, the way they show up on my monitor, are telling me to run away from that coin ASAP.

Raybo

One of my favorite series, but IMHO it has been "altered".

jcping

Based on photos, this coin was dipped to "Make Red". 25 years ago, I saw a dealer bought a lot of brown two cents (mostly ANACS coins) with reasonable luster. He made them all Red and most stayed in top TPG coffins now

Numis

Sounds probable, it has been in a Dansco holder since I bought it ten years ago and the colors have remained the same. It is an attractive coin to me and will stay right where it is anyway. I have seen some similar in PCGS and NGC holders and maybe they are the ones you are referring to from 25 years ago. I bought this raw in a flip from a coin store specifically for my type set.

I do think the green tone is from finger prints as Roadrunner had speculated.

grote15

Yes. That "oil slick" effect is a typical sign of AT or questionable color on 2C pieces.

ebaybuyer

lots of experts in here, id need to see it in hand before I could even pretend to hypothesize if its AT or not

ricko

I would not buy that coin based on the pictures....they give me the impression that the

coin has been dipped and maybe more.... that is not a decisive statement on anything more than

the pictures. Cheers, RickO