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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2936876, member: 19165&quot;]Nope, not at all. Wear is the only factor in the grade of circulated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m getting a lot more push-back on this than I thought... Very well. Here are some quotes from the Official ANA Grading Standards (I have the 5th edition):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The presence or absence of bag [contact] marks is an important guide to the various grades of Mint State from MS-60&quot; (page 13)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;AU-50: With traces of wear on nearly all of the highest areas. At least half of the original mint luster is present&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;EF-40: With only slight wear but more extensive than the preceding, still with excellent overall sharpness. Traces of mint luster may still show.&quot; (page 23)</p><p><br /></p><p>No mention of contact marks affecting the circulated grades.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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