Proof or DMPL Morgan Dollar?

I bought this at a coin show for around $30. I noticed that the detail was relatively well struck and it looked like it could be a proof. I do not know much about identifying proof morgans. Can somebody help me?

 

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Here is the reverse.

 

Not a proof - looks like someone at the mint tried polishing the dies leaving the fields scratchy.

 

Likely PL. The dies for the 1880 Proofs are known; the obverse has one pretty decent pickup (a die scratch at the border of hair and cheek) which you could use to confirm the die:

http://www.vamworld.com/1880-P+VAM-13

 

The 80-S and 81-S are often mistaken for proof coins because they have some of the nicest strikes in the entire series. The PUP suggested by @SuperDave is the best way to identify the proof.

Chris

 

Almost looks somewhat cleaned to me....

 

How can you tell anything from those pics? Because it's an S?

 

Definitely not a proof.

 

Ha! Never even saw the mint mark.

That kinda proves it's not Proof.

 

Agree, not a proof coin. Looks to be a nice 1880 S Morgan with possible PL.

 

If it is a proof, it has a high likelyhood of being cleaned at some time.