Altered Color ?

[benjmurts]

So I sent a Indian Head in to NGC and it came back MS details Altered Color.

I can tell if a coin has been cleaned but not sure in how to tell if color is good or not. I have attached 3 pictures. The first is mine. The next 2 are MS Indian heads.

 

[e1cnr]

It is a little too uniformly bright orange - almost like a pumpkin in color.

 

It could have been dipped or gas treated in some way, but color is not natural - hence altered color.

[MarkFeld]

The color definitely looks off. I might have guessed cleaned or dipped, instead, but either way, it looks unnatural.

[BillJones]

The 1908 cent has flat, subdued luster while the two Mint State coins have surfaces that "play" with the light. It takes a fair amount of experience to spot this consistently, once you get that ability, it can be applied on a consistent basis.

[Nutmeg Coin]

The learning curve on large and small cents is much steeper in my experience than gold and silver and how the raw coins would grade.

[James_OldeTowne]

That bright but with such a minimal amount of luster evident leads to suspicion.

[RWB]

Dull luster and might have a slight pink cast under good lighting.

[michael]

So I sent a Indian Head in to NGC and it came back MS details Altered Color.

 

one word answer with no explaination or qualifiers

 

ammoniated

 

and..............................

 

correct accessment by NGC------ which i am sorry this happened to you

 

 

 

hopefully you can get your money back if you bought it recently from a dealer