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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3326644, member: 112&quot;]Far more often than most might think. But few remember them because a single hairline has such little impact on anything, including the grade, that they go without notice for the most part. And what is much more common than that is to see 2, 3, maybe 4 hairlines on a coin, but scattered all over the place. I would even go so far to say that it is hard to find a coin that doesn&#039;t have at least 1 hairline on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, most hairlines occur because of mishandling or rough handling of a coin. It can be from laying a coin down on a soft cloth or a hard surface. It can be from sliding a coin into or out of a flip, or from an album slide. But few will notice them or account for them because there&#039;s only 1 or 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hairlines that people remember and take notice of are not single hairlines, it is patches of hairlines that they remember and take notice of. And patches of hairlines from rough handling do affect the grade. And patches of hairlines that occur from wiping, or harsh cleaning are the ones that are really noticed, and prevent a coin from being graded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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