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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 906885, member: 9270&quot;]The <u>general</u> opinion is that most (75-80%?) 19th century coins have been cleaned at one time.</p><p>And <u>generally</u> the cleaning was done in the 19th century when toning was not in favor.</p><p>So when the TPGs received these coins they had two choices:</p><p>- body bag them (remember slabbing coins as &quot;Genuine&quot; is a recent innovation)</p><p>- ignore the cleaning if it is old and isn&#039;t excessive (definition?) and slab them with grades[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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