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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 1583281, member: 28107&quot;]Agreed.&nbsp; It was also common for the coins to be lightly cleaned by collectors (that is all 19th century proof coins) and thus the hairlines are the norm.&nbsp; I do not care for them and I do not think they should be in problem free holders, but they are still considered market acceptable.&nbsp; If you want to avoid hairlines, you are going to have to go to the PF64 or PF65 level (or higher).&nbsp; This is why I don&#039;t usually collect low grade proof coins from this era, and I should the one PF62 example that I owned.</p><p><br /></p><p>With this said, FWIW, I think this was a pretty neat pick-up and I like it even notwithstanding the hairlines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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