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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 322243, member: 112"]If the coin has Proof like fields that would explain the cleaned look. Hairlines can often be found on coins with Proof like fields due to several things - improper handling over the years, storage in a coin cabinet and sometimes just from being in a bag with other coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically any contact the coin has with fabric or cloth could cause those hairlines and make the coin appear to have been cleaned when it was not. I would definitely say the coin was dipped though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 322243, member: 112"]If the coin has Proof like fields that would explain the cleaned look. Hairlines can often be found on coins with Proof like fields due to several things - improper handling over the years, storage in a coin cabinet and sometimes just from being in a bag with other coins. Basically any contact the coin has with fabric or cloth could cause those hairlines and make the coin appear to have been cleaned when it was not. I would definitely say the coin was dipped though.[/QUOTE]
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