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Message:: [QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 374760, member: 307"]point well taken, Mark. Something I didn't really think of. There really don't seem to be any hairlines to speak of on the coin. There is a ding in the middle of the steps, but not to the point where it is unattractive, I might still count all of the steps as complete or nearly so. I don't think it's PVC Grizz, but that was my first impression as well. There is a haze however, not a thick one like we see on Ikes and Anthonys, but it is also not the mirror proofs that I have come to know among modern sets. There does seem to be some frosting on the devices of the coin, but I don't think it would qualify as cameo. And as far as sending it to NCS to have the haze removed, I would only do that if the coin would have a potentially high enough grade (PF 66 or 67) before I would do that. It probably wouldn't be worth it otherwise. Not to mention as anti-altering (cleaning) as I am, I don't know if I would do that. It seems very trendy to do it right now, but I wonder what the long-term repercussions are on anything that I collect. I tend to look at myself as a steward rather than an owner, and I think it is my responsibility to preserve that which I collect so that future generations have as close to what I discovered as I can give to them.[/QUOTE]