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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 3528471, member: 24091&quot;]I think it&#039;s possible the hairlines were created by cleaning the coin though perhaps not very likely. Coins get dropped on the floor in the grading room occasionally too, though again not very often. Kind of need to see the coin to have any meaningful discussion about it.&nbsp; Wish there were pics to go with the post. If the before and after pics reveal a coin that only has hairlines where the coin had previously been stained, then yeah, seems to me it&#039;s a reasonable conclusion to say &quot;the cleaners&quot; put them there.&nbsp; UNLESS, the stain was artificial toning to begin with, used to conceal hairlines, then it somehow got slabbed that way by PCGS without the alteration being detected, with hairlines only revealed after conservation.&nbsp; Seems kind of far fetched scenario for that to have happened but in the coin business anything is possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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