Why does my 1988 2 pence look so weird and matte?

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It has been cleaned.
Someone's harshly cleaned it. That's how copper/bronze coins look after someone's rubbed it with ketchup or something acidic like that.
I have a similar 1988 1p which is so worn that the edge looks like a 2 cent euro coin!
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