Sugesstion to grade or not grade a cleaned 1832 p Bust Half Dol.

I have a few vouchers available for grading with NGC and am seeking advice about my 1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. It seems that the coin may have been cleaned in the past. I'm not sure if it will get a harshly cleaned grade, though. I tried to compare it to my  1838 Capped Bust Half Dollar, which received an AU Details Cleaned grade, but I could not tell much difference. I believe it is in AU condition, but I’ve noticed some light scratches in the field, yet the patina around the coin appears undisturbeded. Appreciate any advice.  

Can you provide a photo of the obverse? 

Edit - Also, please try to provide photos with less flash because the reflection throws off the true natural appearance of the coin that a grader would see in hand.

Lovely old coin you have there, I would be thrilled to have that in my collection.

As for your question of grade and whether it has been cleaned, I suppose the actual grade is irrelevant if it comes back with a cleaned mark on the slab, so I won’t bother adding my 2 cents on the grade. However I will jump in on the cleaning question as I think this might be more important to you.

My opinion from my experience of European silver coins is that it has been cleaned with a cloth at some point in its life, not recently though, maybe up to about 50 years ago or longer. Probably at a time when collecting coins wasn’t an extensive hobby and all silver was cleaned, your cutlery, cups, bowls and candle holders etc.

This wipe with the cloth has on a microscopic level smoothed off the surface on the inner part of the coin, so from the eagle out to where the text is, this has then resulted in the silver toning since it was cleaned but only in the places unaffected by the surface change, you can see this toning also in the field at the edge of the eagle where the cloth never reached. Likewise significant pressure was never applied to the fields where the text is on the outer part of the coin. Toning doesn’t just stop at the edge of letters without there being a change to the metallic surface.

All that being said, I quite like the toning which has been effected by an historical clean many years ago, some people might not agree, but I do not see why this should affect value. If it was encapsulated with NGC grade details and or cleaned I would still consider purchasing it because the cleaning is not harsh and the result is not unpleasant on one of the most overlooked grading criteria „eye appeal“. 

I would grade at ef due to the scratches in the fields and obvious cleaning but it is a beautiful coin all the same 

I appreciate all the advice here. I see I need to work on the photo edit quality; my LCD light was too close to the coin. I was happy to acquire this coin a few years ago and happy to add it to my Bust collection, I will follow up in a month with the grade results.

 Thank you all again for your advice fellow numismatist.

This coin should grade in the AU 53- 55 area. Really well preserved and beautiful remaining details in spite of the cleaning. If you have credits towards grading and it costs you little to nothing, it is well worth the increased value of a professional grading service. Grading and slabbing will add much more value to it than the offset the cleaning detracts from the value. Net value gain and you are better preserving a beautiful example of a Capped Bust Half Dollar.

I appreciate the help; each coin teaches me something new, and I am thankful for a coin forum like this one to help fellow numismatists. I will use my free voucher and send it off to NGC and do a follow-up report in a month. Thank you