If it was cleaned, it was a very, very old cleaning that has toned over. The coin appears to be market acceptable on that front. I'm a little more concerned about the magnitude of the scratches in her hair, and in the fields in front of her face. I think it's probably market acceptable, but I'm not a huge fan of them. And I think you have enough detail left for a VF-20 grade. These early type Bust halves are really hard to grade because the strike is often wonky. The relief is also different for early vs. later date capped bust halves.
Lol, it's over 200 years old - it had to have been cleaned somewhere along the lines. I would say it is more on the F-12 side.
It looks like an Overton O-106, R3. The 106a is full of die cracks both sides (which I don’t see — but are not easy to spot from pictures) and is rated only R2. I have an O-103 graded VF details/cleaned by PCGS, but evaluated “VF25-30” by the well-regarded specialist I got it from c. 10 yrs ago. Yours has not quite as much detail, but close, so I’d guess they’d give it a VF — certainly no less than F15. Don’t think the light test scratches in the obverse field would be noted. And if it was cleaned it must have been done a good century ago! I think it’s very natural-looking, fully rating the old-timey, pre-technical grade of “nice”.
Reverse to worn. Can't guess cuz obverse is way better. Puzzled. I guessed one right today. Don't want to show how bad i really is
The clasp holds Liberty's gown together. This happens to be an O-102A rather than a 106 like the OP, but it shows a strong clasp.
