Yes, I think so Don. Pretty hard for a silver coin to go 138 years and still be blast white. Having said that I don't think it was harshly cleaned and the TPG did not BB it.
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<< <i>Does this Canadian Vicky 50c look cleaned? >>
Yeah, but so what. I still like it.
(Edit to add: not harshly cleaned, to my eye. Quite acceptable.)
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looks dipped out, which probably killed a good deal of the remaining luster; other than that, nice overall.
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