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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2186106, member: 46237&quot;]What Doug said. But the TPGs <i>do</i> attempt to distinguish between them and they do so successfully (meaning that the market agrees with the assessment) despite it being inherently subjective. Much in the same way that knowledge of the storage conditions of Morgan dollars informs one&#039;s decision regarding the originality of toning where <i>identical</i> toning on a Peace Dollar would not be considered original, one can make an educated guess regarding stacking friction versus wear without definitively knowing the source of the friction. One makes an educated guess based on how a typical coin of that series/type was handled/stored, the overall look of the coin, and the look of the metal/luster on the areas with friction. The question is whether or not you accept the premise that coins can have friction wear and still be considered mint state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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