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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1950196, member: 41863&quot;]Ok, so I have a Belomo 10X loupe that I use frequently. I don&#039;t have bad eyes, but not great either and I appreciate the clarity and level of detail I can see with this piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have been looking at some low mint state and high AU seated quarters and can see hairlines on just about every single one. Now these are all graded pieces and from the mid to late 1800s. They are all PCGS, NGC, and ANACS coins, and many have come from some of the top reputable dealers, and at any rate none of the coins are in a &#039;Details&#039; slab. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also know what die polish looks like and these hairlines clearly cross over the polish lines in an erratic fashion, meaning that some go left and others go right, and still others criss-cross directly over top of each other. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have also had a particular coin passed around a few experts to determine if it was eligible for an NGC buy back for the very reason that I was seeing hairlines and I was told that it was considered market acceptable even by the dealers and collectors of this field. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am having a disconnect here and trying to understand what&#039;s going on. Everyone but myself thinks these coins are OK, that the market supports the grade on the outside, and that these hairlines are I guess normal. </p><p><br /></p><p>So am I just using too strong of a magnification device? Is there leniency in the seated quarter denomination and these hairlines are so common that no one has a choice but to look past them? Or have they all been cleaned? </p><p><br /></p><p>I know without pictures this is pretty useless, but maybe somebody has experience with using a strong loupe or knows the history of seated quarters and why I see so many with hairlines in problem free holders. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another question I have is this. What creates hairlines in the fields of low mint state coins? Is cleaning the most likely answer there? Are they silently net graded because of that and that&#039;s why I am seeing hairlined coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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