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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4227423, member: 112&quot;]When it comes to hairlines on a coin, especially a circulated coin, and whether not it gets cleanly graded, it kinda depends on how many and or how severe they are. This is because simply by being circulated a coin can easily get hairlines on it, and sometimes a lot of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>But there&#039;s a difference between the look of hairlines that occur at random due to contact/s in circulation, and the look of hairlines as a result of harsh cleaning. It takes experience but it&#039;s definitely recognizable. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the same thing is true of uncirculated coins as well. They often get hairlines on them from mishandling or rough handling if you prefer. But just like with circulated coins they have an entirely different look than hairlines from a harsh cleaning. But unless the hairlines are large in number, or rather severe, the coin can still be cleaned graded and correctly so. The one exception to this would be when a coin is wiped. If a coin has been wiped it should not be cleanly graded at all. And yes, a wiped coin has it&#039;s own distinctive look as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>But with uncirculated coins one of the ooopses, mistakes made by the TPGs, and one that happens quite often is that hairlines from a harsh cleaning are mistaken for die polish lines. And coins are cleanly graded when they should not be. Granted this usually happens when the coin has some actual die polish lines on it. And the graders at the TPGs should be knowledgeable enough to easily tell one from the other, and I suspect that for the most part - they are ! Because it&#039;s really not all that hard to tell them apart. BUT - the companies they work for tell them to grade the coins cleanly anyway ! If they wanna keep their jobs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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