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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2319753, member: 24314&quot;]First, I apologize for the quality of these photos.&nbsp; Lighting horrible...other camera in office tied up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; This is what I have learned:</p><p><br /></p><p>This $3 has an AU-58 amount of wear and it is harshly cleaned.&nbsp; It does not matter if it is bag marked, cut, holed , deeply scratched, etc.&nbsp; None of those have anything to do with &quot;Mechanical Cleaning.&quot;&nbsp; The DEGREE of hairlines (# &amp; intensity) is too much to ignore on this piece!&nbsp; This coin is unacceptable for a &quot;straight grade&quot; EVEN THOUGH the ANA standards say an MS-60 or 61 can have continuous hairlines throughout.&nbsp; We can also state that this coin is actually &quot;damaged&quot; due to the degree of imperfection.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I rotate the coin in the light (see photos), different directional hairlines become visible.&nbsp; Also (you may not see this in the micrographs -sorry again), the relief detail is very slightly rounded.&nbsp; This is common on polished, buffed (harshly cleaned) coins.&nbsp; There is one problem with TPGS &quot;Improperly Cleaned Details&quot; or &quot;Harshly Cleaned Details&quot;&nbsp; In many cases, you do not know what the coin will look like because they rarely use &quot;Buffed&quot; or &quot;Polished.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I got off the subject.&nbsp; IMO, the original coin IS NOT harshly cleaned.&nbsp; In fact, from the photo alone, it should receive a straight grade.&nbsp; That&#039;s because the majority of lightly circulated vintage coins have been rubbed, mishandled, and improperly dipped at sometime in the past causing random hairlines on their surface.&nbsp; This is the way the OP&#039;s coin looks to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; When you have looked closely at lots of coins, you&#039;ll know a harshly cleaned coin when you see one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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