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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;non_cents, post: 1943231, member: 30970&quot;]Hi guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>So my proof Half Dime arrived in the mail today. I was excited to have it...that is, until I photographed it under some strong light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the photographs, it looks like numerous hairline scratches on both sides of the coin. Without magnification, the coin looks like a relatively normal proof and I can&#039;t detect how a cleaning would have affected it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have read a little bit about proof strikes, and read that older proof coins were supposedly caught by mint workers in a cloth and then lightly polished. True? Not true? I have even seen some photos of old US 1800s proof silver with hairlines like this that graded cleanly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did I get hosed? Seller does not offer returns, but the 3 photos from the listing did not make it (seen here: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1862-proof-half-1-2-dime-liberty-seated-h10c-liberty-seated-/321434895311?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=o2OEN5%252FZuVfdXIo%252FKJ8rPdRN2K4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1862-proof-half-1-2-dime-liberty-seated-h10c-liberty-seated-/321434895311?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=o2OEN5%252FZuVfdXIo%252FKJ8rPdRN2K4%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1862-proof-half-1-2-dime-liberty-seated-h10c-liberty-seated-/321434895311?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;nma=true&amp;si=o2OEN5%2FZuVfdXIo%2FKJ8rPdRN2K4%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc</a>) did not lead me to believe that the coin was cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, here are the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337829[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337830[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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