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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1744889, member: 112"]Yes, absolutely.   Again, yes, they certainly can be and often are from natural occurrences and not harsh cleaning. Of course hairlines do come from harsh cleaning as well. But hairlines from harsh cleaning are almost always way different from those that occur from natural causes like album slides, flips, normal wear & tear, etc. Hair lines from harsh cleaning are typically seen in patches and sometimes over the entire coin. Whereas hairlines from natural occurrences you will usually only see 2, 3, or 4 in a specific area, but at the same time there may be more than 1 area that has them. And when it comes to some coins the TPG's are much more lenient about hairlines than they are with other coins. In other words, a scarce Barber half that has obvious hairlines will be graded & slabbed. But if those exact same hairlines were on a Walker or a Frankie the coin would be put in problem slab. The rules are never, ever, applied to coins equally. You have to know all of this and understand all of it, about all different kinds of coins when you look at them to evaluate whether or not you want to buy them, and whether or not they are worth the price.[/QUOTE]