1886-S Morgan Obverse(Cleaned?)

[Sanity Lost]

My newbiness is preventing me from really knowing on this one, this one came with a lot I picked up close to silver value from a we buy gold guy, so I'm not too worried if it is cleaned. Obviously, this thing has some serious hairlines on the cheek and field, but what's confusing me is that this thing has a good luster with good cartwheels when I rotate it. It's been my experience with cleaned coins that the luster is normally altered. What are your thought's on it(4 different shots from 12, 3, 6, and 9):

 

 

 

 

[physics-fan3.14]

Looks like circulation marks, not necessarily cleaning if you ask me.

[mtnstyne]

Possibly polished? Seems to have an overal "shiny" look to it rather than any cartwheel luster.

[Sanity Lost]

I can say from having it in-hand, it does have some cartwheel luster, although it's not the most impressive I've seen on a morgan.

[coinman_23885]

Luster is not always totally impaired upon cleaning. I agree with Physics that it could be due to light circulation, but I'm leaning towards cleaned myself.

[Sanity Lost]

This one is frustrating to me, it looks different under different lights. In any case, I'll be submitting it for onsite grading at the Houston show, I'll let you all know what it comes back as.

[Kurtdog]

I think it would help us if we had bigger pictures.

 

Really, if you're asking if it's marketable in that condition, it is. I mean, if that's what you want to know...

[James_OldeTowne]

It appears to be a cleaned AU.