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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1309728, member: 30574&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is none of that explains why there are no hairlines on the devices.&nbsp; As was already mentioned, some of the hairlines stop at the devices and continue on the other side.&nbsp; This is totally consistant with the hairlines being on the die.&nbsp; Your theory is that the coin was mishandled or wiped, but what if it was the die that was mishandled or improperly polished.&nbsp; That would explain the coins lines without having to deal with the &quot;problem&quot; of the clean devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>One more piece of evidence to support my theory is the somewhat famous 1921 - S Vam Morgan 1i&nbsp; Polished Obverse</p><p>A lot of crossing lines there.&nbsp; No lines on the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vamworld.com/1921-S+VAM-1I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vamworld.com/1921-S+VAM-1I" rel="nofollow">http://www.vamworld.com/1921-S+VAM-1I</a></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS got it right and the coin deserves the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Thanksgiving to all</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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