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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Two Dogs, post: 4565316, member: 85671&quot;]Thanks...I&#039;m sure my thinking is not universally accepted. Especially by those who profess to be experts in understanding today&#039;s commercial grading.&nbsp; </p><p>When you read the specifications PCGS and NGC have for grading, hairlines are allowed up to (I think) MS 63 or 64.&nbsp; Perhaps a wipe is not cleaning, but when I think of the word &quot;original&quot; it means honest, wholesome wear for circulated coins and for MS grades, I take &quot;mint state&quot; literally, so hits from being in a bag, from falling from the press into other coins, and oxidation from the elements over many decades.&nbsp; With that in mind, I really enjoy coins that have not been doctored, even MS coins with some signs of dust that&#039;s settled on them.&nbsp; l cringe at MS coins with CAC stickers that have obvious fingerprints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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