<< <i>Finger prints do not cause wear on a coin. So they can be treated as Mint State. >>
Your definition of mint state having no wear would preclude a coin that has bag rubbing from ever making mint state but the market grades these as mint state all day long. In my simple mind, bag rubbing should make a coin AU because it is wear just like a finger print should keep a coin from being mint state because it was touched.
The point of this post is that the semantics of mint state/uncirculated are very misleading. I understand that the market grades these coins a certain way but it is the wording that drives me nuts. Like someone stated earlier in the post, in my mind a mint state/uncirculated coin would only be an MS70 I guess. I really do appreciate all the comments. It has opened my eyes a little bit
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<< <i>Finger prints do not cause wear on a coin. So they can be treated as Mint State. >>
Your definition of mint state having no wear would preclude a coin that has bag rubbing from ever making mint state but the market grades these as mint state all day long. In my simple mind, bag rubbing should make a coin AU because it is wear just like a finger print should keep a coin from being mint state because it was touched.
The point of this post is that the semantics of mint state/uncirculated are very misleading. I understand that the market grades these coins a certain way but it is the wording that drives me nuts. Like someone stated earlier in the post, in my mind a mint state/uncirculated coin would only be an MS70 I guess. I really do appreciate all the comments. It has opened my eyes a little bit