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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1943955, member: 112&quot;]There are many things that can cause hairlines on a coin other than harsh cleaning. But my guess is your coin has definitely been harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The last part, definitely not true. Caught in a cloth ? I find it doubtful and have never heard or read any such thing. Nor can I even imagine why it would be necessary because Proof coins were made 1 at a time and not automatically ejected from the presses so there was no catching to be done.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not just old ones, even modern Proofs can be found with hairlines. It&#039;s extremely common. But I don&#039;t think you&#039;ve ever seen a coin like this one, Proof or not, that was graded and slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few hairlines here and there do not make a coin a problem coin and keep it from being graded. It is only when hairlines are found all over the coin, like on yours, or when there are patches of them here and there, that they (hairlines) become reason for a coin being ungradeable. Sometimes even a single patch of hairlines, like from a coin being wiped on one area, are enough to make that coin a problem coin. And hairlines are found on business strikes even more often than they are found on Proofs. The only difference is they are easier to see on Proofs because of the mirrored fields. </p><p><br /></p><p>Handling, just common ordinary handling, is usually the cause of hairlines on coins. Something as simple as laying a coin down can cause a hairline or two. Putting a coin into or taking it out of a flip can cause hairlines, same thing with coin albums, coin envelopes, coin cabinets, for that matter being in a mint bag can cause hairlines. Even two coins sliding against each other can cause hairlines. Finding a coin with no hairlines at all, now that would be unusual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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