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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 8077167, member: 105571&quot;]Perhaps unfortunately, that form of logic has very little to do with it.&nbsp; Dealers and collectors alike probably would not like their otherwise decent-looking coins to be labeled &quot;properly cleaned&quot; as it would likely lower the market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Properly cleaned&quot; coins that are straight-graded are generally called &quot;market acceptable&quot; even though the TPGs don&#039;t label them as such.&nbsp; You just have to hone your coin grading skills and knowledge to try to identify them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As others have said, most 19th century silver has been cleaned to one degree or another; some estimate it as high as 80%.</p><p><br /></p><p>One dealer, Gerry Fortin, clearly provides his own notations of whether a straight-graded slabbed coin or a raw coin he has for sale is &quot;market acceptable&quot; or &quot;original surfaces&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have learned a good bit just by analyzing these coins&#039; photos and looking for the markers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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