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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8051595, member: 24314&quot;]This is a very well thought out post and includes a very important fact concerning grading.&nbsp; I&#039;ll add my 2c:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1865King, posted: &quot;...As far as the hairlines virtually every coins has hairlines. [<i><span style="color: #660033">Unfortunately, this is not entirely true.&nbsp; Usually it depends on the coin type and age.&nbsp; For example, I&#039;d say we can fine hairlines on most seated coinage.&nbsp; They are uncommon on modern issues.&nbsp; Check out all the 70&#039;s around.</span></i>]&nbsp;&nbsp; I wish people would stop using the term hairlines as a catch all for any type of hairline.&nbsp; [<i><span style="color: #660033">There is nothing wrong with calling ANY HAIRLINE a hairline because that&#039;s what they are!</span></i>] Same goes the term &quot;wipe&quot;. [<i><span style="color: #660033">I never heard of the term &quot;wipe&quot; until 1998 when I worked with former coin dealers grading at NGC.&nbsp; Before that we called them &quot;wheel marks.&quot;&nbsp; A &quot;wipe&quot; is a concentration of hairlines with the appearance of a light haze all the way to a mirror-like patch.</span></i>]&nbsp; Signs of a wipe are hairlines.&nbsp; However, with the coin in question from looking at the &quot;hairlines&quot; seen in the picture with all or most of the hairlines going in the same direction and can be seen on the fields and bust I say the coin has been cleaned or &quot;wiped&quot; in the past. [<i><span style="color: #660033">A &quot;wipe&quot; is not cleaning!</span></i>]...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660033"><i>THIS IS THE GREAT PART and totally true:</i>&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #000000">&quot;Just another opinion on the</span> <span style="color: #000000">term hairlines.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">A coin could easily be covered in hairlines and never been cleaned or wiped. </span></font></b><span style="color: #000000"> Put a mint state coin in an empty pocket and leave it there as you go thru your day.&nbsp; Just the fact the coin was in your pocket all day you should expect it to be covered in hairlines but, it was never technically cleaned...&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">It took me a long time to figure this out for myself.&nbsp; Many coins have hairlines and it does not indicate cleaning.&nbsp; Hairlines can occur with circulation or mishandling. These hairlines are usually seen in random</span> <span style="color: #660033">directions.&nbsp; When hairlines are parallel, that&#039;s when it may indicate trouble.&nbsp; I&#039;ll remind folks that most hairlined coins</span> <span style="color: #b30000">ARE <b>NOT</b> HARSHLY CLEANED </span><span style="color: #660033">as we often read in coin forum posts.&nbsp; BTW, the ANA Grading Guide allows a coin with continuous hairlines to be graded up to MS-61.&nbsp; That&#039;s for each of you to agree on or not.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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