1858 O Seated Half Mistake?

A bright coin with that many hairlines usually means it's been cleaned. Still a nice looking coin and if it were not in the slab and sat in an album for a few years, would start to tone down.

Indeed, still a nice coin with decent eye appeal. Another tell-tale sign to look for on cleaned coins in general is the lack of cartwheel luster in high grades.

Almost everyone who has submitted coins to the TPG's has received the Details Cleaned grade. I have a couple Details Cleaned that are head scratchers on why or how the coin was cleaned. Learn how to tell orginal coins with market appeal and you will make better purchases. You can not depend 100% on the TPG' s when it comes to buying coins that have not been cleaned.

A 19th century silver coin that white needs lots of luster. It doesn't have it in the images.

Another note about AU Details vs MS Details. AU+ coins often have no visible "wear". High AU coins should have nothing more than luster breaks and/or rubs in the patina. Looking for wear in images of AU55 or AU58 coins is often a fool's errand.

The sad fact is loose grading standards have many AU50 or 53 coins in 55 and 58 holders. And, as noted above, standards have recently tightened somewhat.