Why do you think it's not genuine? I have a complete collection of Canadian large cents and it sure looks OK to me...nice high-grade, anywhere from AU-UNC...
It's a lustrous blue tone and quite unusually even -- that's the plus side.........the downside, I HATE TONED COINS!!!
SHOULD I DIP IT?
SHOULD I DIP IT?
SHOULD I DIP IT?
Reverse -- I've rarely encountered such a well-struck, virtually flawless IHC -- the diamonds are absolutely full, the ribbon is amazing and the field has no imperfections -- this reverse is similarly flawless