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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 7640245, member: 20480&quot;]We should be mindful of the possibility that the lines in the fields of a proof are die polish, but I think I see a few signs of them plowing through high points on this coin (lowest recesses in the die), and do not believe that is the case here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Accidental hairlines are one thing, and when sparse and random tend to affect the grade, but not greatly.&nbsp; It&#039;s difficult to know just how light they are on this coin but the hairlines in the OP&#039;s photo are numerous and, even more importantly, far from random in size and orientation.&nbsp; This is indicative of conscious efforts at enhancing the coin&#039;s appearance, as opposed to accidental mishandling, and should have been penalized as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally feel this coin should have graded less than PR62.&nbsp; If the lighting is good at accentuating what otherwise may be imperceptibly shallow hairlines, I could feel differently examining the coin in person, but I suspect that is not the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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