Understanding Cleaned Coins

Here's an 89-CC Morgan that PCGS bagged. Details look MS but luster appears stripped, surfaces appear altered:

I think it is worthwhile to note that hairlines do not necessarily indicate a cleaned coin, you have to take the severity of the hairlines into account. Light parallel hairlines are typically caused by mishandling a coin, the 1824 Bust Half posted is a good example of that type of hairlining. Proofs are also very susceptible to mishandling hairlines. Yes, it should still impact the value to some extent but not as much as a cleaning IMO. Hairlines going in multiple directions and scrubby scratches are a stronger indicator of a cleaned coin- everyone should be able to recognize that type of cleaning with the coin in-hand.

Hopefully this picture will zoom-up for you well. That's always a risk whenever I post pictures (I never know if they're going to zoom-up OK or not). The coins in the top pile are A-OK and the ones in the bottom pile are cleaned and retoned. Hopefully you can zoom-up well enough on some of the individual coins to see the difference as well as the reason collectors basically don't like cleaned coins. The ones on the top have some life left to those surfaces while the ones on the bottom don't and look dead. Hope this helps a little...

WOW and Thanks to all of you that have read and taken the time to post...your examples are fabulous...If I may make comments for those who have contributed to this post, FOR the casual reader
BRICKCAT...a great photo of hair lines.. you see many old time collectors had there coins in the drawer or cabinet and as dust occurs they simply dusted them off...not realizing how soft silver is....The results are seen in his photo...
By the way....Great doubbling of the nose to chin area! cool coin..how you all enjoy and see this...

Whizzed coins....a term related to those who would polish the field areas to upgrade the coins over all grade....which means MONEY...NoHopes pictures are very good but LACK the detail to see the whizzinig...and that probubly due to its a very ole and PRO job,,,and the toning is even
THIS is an important thing to know......it looks great...Noel Please upgrade your photo so we can all see why it is considered whizzed AND lets have a really BAD whizzed coin posted!!.....
Fenton,,,,Great looking coin,,,Why would it be body bagged?
This is something we all need to examine....as to why if you submitt a coin to TPG's why it would come back in a body bag....IF your coin does not have spotting or an uneveness in color.. indicating a cleaning some where in its life....if you submit it it should not come back in the body bag....This is why I am posting this thread.....SO we can all see the PROBLEM coins and why...
For
Fentons coin I would ask why you would agree or disagree..
Please respond....
BIOKEMIST..you bring up a very important
Observation..... A 200 year old coin was not Boraxed or CLEANED?DIPPED cleaned in today's standards, Today we have chemicals
which do this for us and have a resulting affect....This is the term we call cleaning...
This post is to have great examples OF OBVIOUSLY cleaned coins AS well as Nohopes hard to see
Whizzed coin.....
MY MANY THANKS yo you all and please Continue to BRING IT ON... Obvious examples and those are hard to see or KNOW the coin has been tampered with...I do thank you all for your many respondces
And hope you will continue

its hard to see the whizz marks on this coin...you have made a great deal

Here is a link to a thread with some cleaning photos. desertgem was nice enough to post some photos of a cleaned morgan vs uncleaned one that he took with a microscope... check it out I think it would intrest you.

https://goccf.com/t/91417

Alladin, Thanks for this topic and thanks to all who are posting. This is helpful beyond words to newbies and also people who have been collecting for a while but do not easily recognize different types of cleaning. NooHope, I can't tell the 2 cent piece has been whizzed from the photo. What am I missing. I am subscribing to this topic. I will have to dig out some coins that were bodybagged over the years and post some pics with the reason.