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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1299228, member: 68&quot;]Don&#039;t panic.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Lens cloth is soft and unless you bore down on it it&#039;s unlikely to have left marks.&nbsp; Look with a magnifier for fine circular scratches.&nbsp; If you see some then you might have left them.&nbsp; Wiping coins is strictly forbidden.&nbsp; The closest you should ever come to wiping is patting with a soft towel to dry them and you shouldn&#039;t do this until you learn how.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is a process of sloghing off metal until the luster is broken.&nbsp; Wear always starts on the high points and works down from there.&nbsp; If you hold the coin between the eye and a light and tilt it slowly until it&#039;s nearly on edge the high points will seem to just jump up.&nbsp; Look at these high points and be sure they are just as shiny as the rest of the coin.&nbsp; If not then the coin is AU.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Marks and scratches are normal on almost all coins and to not take a coin out of proof or uncirculated usually.&nbsp; The exception is large marks and gouges.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If the coins are unc and you didn&#039;t mark them then just don&#039;t do it again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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