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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3247633, member: 15309&quot;]And I&#039;m telling you that there is absolutely no way you can definitively determine the source of hairlines on proof coins.&nbsp; The hairlines on liberty&#039;s cheek could just as easily be from storage or a single swipe of a cloth to clean dust from the coin.&nbsp; Furthermore, a swipe from a cloth is considered cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Listen, we get it.&nbsp; Everyone here understands that you are a legend in you own mind.&nbsp; You obviously think you are the Bobby Fischer of coin grading.&nbsp; The level of hubris you display without hesitation is staggering.&nbsp; In all the years I have collected coins, NOBODY has ever told me that they can discern the source of hairlines on proof coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Putting your arrogance to the side for a moment, let&#039;s get to the real point of this exercise.&nbsp; Fact:&nbsp; Proof coins have hairlines.&nbsp; Fact:&nbsp; Wiping a proof coin with a cloth will impart hairlines on the coin.&nbsp; Fact:&nbsp; Wiping a proof coin with a cloth is a method of cleaning the coin.&nbsp; Fact:&nbsp; Hairlines decrease the grade of proof coins, but they do not automatically relegate the coins to &quot;problem coins.&quot;&nbsp; Fact:&nbsp; Cleaning proof coins by wiping them is acceptable as long as the damage is not too SEVERE!</p><p><br /></p><p>You have spent pages of this thread making the claim than any coin that shows signs of abrasive cleaning is a problem coin.&nbsp; I have just demonstrated that your statement is false by showing that cleaned proof coins with hairlines are not automatically considered problem coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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