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jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 11:10 am If a coin has hairlines, does the automatically mean that it has been cleaned? One of the coins I have is an UNC Morgan, that is very very sharp, but has some hairlines on the face. I find it hard to believe such a great looking coin has been cleaned... it still has the original luster (or atleast I believe it is original... it does the "cartwheel" effect. Opinions? The hairlines are not harsh and can only be seen under my 16x glass. Edited by jdheyne 03/07/2006 11:12 am Report this Post to the Staff

Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 12:15 pm This is another case that pictures would help quite a bit. Those lines could be from rubbing against other coins or from having just the design cleaned or polished. There is no way to say without seeing pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 12:47 pm I can show ya what a cleaned coin does look like, this is a 1882 o/s that is realy sickening that someone decided to clean it because other than that it is a beautiful coin anyway here is the pic Image: DSC00337.jpg 83.33 KB Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 1:28 pm It definately does not look like that coin. The hairlines are pretty spaced out, and have no pattern at all. I will try to get good pics of it. Report this Post to the Staff
ziggy29 Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 1:29 pm It may not have been cleaned. It may have just been wiped. There's no way to know for sure without seeing the coin, observing its luster and checking on the hairlines -- how consistently do they flow in one direction, how much of the coin do they cover, et cetera. Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/07/2006 2:29 pm There is no consistency to them, they go in different directions, some go north, some go south. That was a joke. ha. I will try to post pics when I can. Report this Post to the Staff
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