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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2292581, member: 24314&quot;]From one new member to another:</p><p><br /></p><p>You used the term &quot;wipe&quot; in your scenario.&nbsp; A wipe in common TPGS terms is a bright patch of parallel hairlines usually caused when a &quot;wheel&quot; gets too close and scores the coin&#039;s surface.&nbsp; These are often due to a coin being stuck under the wheel of a counting machine.&nbsp; Wipes can be very detracting when the coin is in the &quot;right&quot; orientation with the light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wipes differ in appearance from the hairlines evident from an improperly cleaned coin.&nbsp; Cleaning, wipes, etc. may not drop the coin out of the Mint State condition so it is not an AU.&nbsp; However, you can clean a coin down to an actual AU grade.&nbsp; With more abrasion you can turn it into an XF or lower![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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