Thanks for the input. I like to put a grade in my wee database of coins!
When I look through my loupe there is no discernable wear, but the photographs do make it look that way. Maybe the light?
The coin certainly hasn't been cleaned by me, in the last 30 years since I've had them. The coin came from a pile I received from my grandads' sister when I was little, she used to live in Canada. I guess it might have been, but it was just loose in a bag with many other cents and quarters.