A question about mint state

Well, I already know Kurt and green18 well enough to know they're survivors.

This place can get rough-and-tumble sometimes, and your reaction to that kind of input has been spot-on. You pretty much had me when you reacted to the derail by linking the Genesis video.

Oh, and as to your original question: If the coin hasn't circulated, it's Mint State. Period. It may be adjudicated "Questionable Color" or something similarly stupid (in the case of your coin, which plainly toned in a roll), but it won't stop being Mint State until an expert can see clear indication of circulation. The grade shouldn't be affected unless the toning is judged improper, at which point the TPG's usually call it "Uncirculated Details" or something like that, and the [strike]anal[/strike]observant collectors among us (raises hand) will usually assign a precise numerical grade for the visible details as if the disqualifying color weren't there.

 

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YESSS haha someone saw the music video I posted haha glad someone saw that, i thought it's the best way to explain what happens around here in the coin world haha. Well thank you superdave for your input. I appreciate it and I think I figured it out now guys. Thanks a lot!!! And I appreciate your nice comments put a smile on my face

 

Funny @SuperDave younsaidnthat to me right as I was awarded the trophy "addicted"

 

Numismatics can be a sort of non-pharmaceutical methadone to treat an addictive predisposition.

 

/raises hand.

 

This is a VERY hard concept for newbies to grasp. The OP thought the color removed the coin from MS status because many people are confused about what constitutes "Mint State". Spend time getting this down and you are well above the average guy.

 

I concede the accuracy of your edit. It was my mistake - resulting in the potential for misinterpretation - to have used the term "circulation" instead of "wear," which is the better choice.

There are things which can happen to a coin which result in wear, without the coin ever having circulated. The result is still a coin no longer deserving of the term "Mint State."

 

I'm not at all offended. I waste a bunch of breath around here trying to get people to speak with precision, and deserve to be called out when I fail to do it myself.

 

Ohhhh lord this hurts my brain lol