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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 24055103, member: 112&quot;]I see the answer as being quite simple, because there needs to be something, some definitive dividing line, that does not involve making a guess, an actual, physical standard that separates the MS grades from the circulated grades. And wear is the only thing there is that satisfies that need. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not arbitrary or problematic at all because wear is either there or it isn&#039;t. There is no maybe. And that&#039;s precisely why they chose to use wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, toning could not be used as you suggest for one very simple reason - because all coins begin to tone the moment after they are struck for that is the nature of metal. So you could not use toning because all coins are toned to one degree or another, and they cannot be prevented from toning unless they are sealed in an airtight chamber immediately after being struck. If you used toning as the dividing line there could never be any MS coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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