AU 58 values

Here is my seated dollar. It is completely original, but is has a slightly more-distracting problem. Your coin is far superior to mine.

 

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Not cleaned. EVERYMAN!

 

Type, yours isn't completely original either

 

More-accurate pictures. The weird color around the devices is residual luster, not dirt. Sometimes lustrous areas can cause color to pop out even though the worn areas are a flat grey. I often see it on bust halves and seated half dimes.

That said, I examined this coin with a loop under a good light, and I was able to find some hairlines consitent with a cleaning pattern. However, given the color of this coin (the main reason why I thought it was original), the hairlines are either indicative of an ancient cleaning, or were a byproduct of the abuse this coin saw in her days. The hairlines were much deeper than I see on cleaned coins. There are a lot of pin scratches, mostly on the right obverse.

 

I agree. The coin was cleaned at some point. The cleaning was not harsh. No reason the coin should not be in an NGC holder. Nice coin.

 

My favorite example of this.