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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 47489, member: 669&quot;]All this fooferaw about the meaning of &quot;uncirculated&quot; brings to mind the story told about Honest Abe when he was a lawyer instead of a profile on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is said to have asked &quot;How many legs would a dog have if you called the tail a leg?&quot;&nbsp; <i>His</i> answer was &quot;Four, because calling the tail a leg doesn&#039;t make it a leg.&quot;&nbsp; In other words, if a &quot;rose is a rose is a rose&quot;, then a coin which has circulated is &quot;circulated&quot;; but a coin that <i>looks</i> like it did before it left the mint is &quot;mint state&quot;.&nbsp; So Lucy must be right. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, as Humpty Dumpty told Alice, when someone uses a word it means what the user intends, so if &quot;uncirculated&quot; is defined as &quot;showing no signs of wear&quot;, Doug must be right. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>But then . . .&nbsp; (ain&#039;t this fun?) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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