"I've seen examples that have been cleaned to remove the rubbed (chip against chip) marks... and want no part of it."

I haven't, and I don't think anyone else has cleaned, polished, or did whatever to an unused Floridian. I just don't believe it.

Why would you want no part of a chip that looked pristine? That does not make sense to me. Again, what I said doesn't apply to the Floridian since no work needed to be done.