You Vs PCGS 1833 Half Dime

Im going to go with AU 53.

The OP said it graded problem fee, FYI.

inside of the denticles look as if there is no good black crud. I am thinking AU details,cleaned as well.

Here is the slab picture.

from the pics I would of said "cleaned" but seeing grade I see it came back no problem .....

While grades often help us they seldom take the place of our eye and the appeal one coin has over another and that is the case this this coin .....

no matter what the label says, it looks clean whether it is or not or if common or not .......

What does matter to me is eye appeal.

The slab pictures show a well-presented lower AU with natural surfaces and remaining luster is evident. I'd say 80+% of surviving higher grade coins from the Bust series have been cleaned at some point or another, including some in problem free MS holders; this is why hardcore collectors pay a super premium for 100% original surfaces. If PCGS were going to bodybag every single cleaned pre-Civil War coin, most of their submissions would come back in Details slabs. Since the cleaning is somewhat inevitable, they simply use the nature and result of the cleaning to adjust the grade accordingly; a harshly cleaned AU with unnatural shine but no luster might get dropped down to a VF35 or XF40 if it straight grades, but a lightly wiped AU58 (100 years ago) that has retoned nicely since then and has good eye appeal, will probably not suffer any grade point deductions.

A better way to explain this would be to say that yes, PCGS does grade and slab cleaned coins into problem-free holders (mostly pre-Civil War silver and gold) but the coins may suffer grade deductions based on the extent and result of the cleaning and retoning. This is a business necessity since most of these coins have been cleaned one or more times.