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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 8052740, member: 103207&quot;]Agreed.&nbsp; In my post I noted that virtually every coin has hair lines.&nbsp; My point was meant for earlier coins.&nbsp; Modern proof coins or other type coins like ASE normally wouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; I manly collect per 1900 coins so hairlines are expected even on proof and uncirculated coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the term wiped your date of 1998 seems to be around the time I heard that term used.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are right just because a coin has some hairlines doesn&#039;t mean harshly cleaned.&nbsp; And sometimes it not even mean the coin was cleaned.&nbsp; I recently picked up a 1796 bust dollar details graded VF cleaned.&nbsp; It&#039;s a solid VF 25 coin and coin has some very faint hairlines that may not indicate it was cleaned but it could have but, I&#039;ve seen far worse coins in straight graded slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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