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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1074194, member: 15309&quot;]How about showing me an example of a coin that bears a mint state grade but has obvious wear from circulation.&nbsp; Are you claiming to not have access to Heritage archives?</p><p><br /></p><p>I read the article and it seems that Farazzi is a proponent of Doug&#039;s grading method in which wear is wear and any coin with wear should not be graded as an uncirculated coin.&nbsp; His examples are gold coins which are commonly found with roll friction.&nbsp; And with the exception of one word in the entire article, he seems to be talking about market grading coins with roll friction as uncirculated.&nbsp; Let&#039;s look at a few passages shall we.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In this passage, he is obviously talking about roll friction.&nbsp; The TPG&#039;s also state that age, design, and alloy are key factors regarding how likely they are to market grade coins with roll/cabinet friction.&nbsp; But later in the article, he writes:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only passage in the whole article that leads me to believe that he is saying it is acceptable to grade circulated coins as mint state.&nbsp; If you change the word &quot;circulation&quot; to &quot;friction&quot; however, it reads like he is talking about roll friction.&nbsp; Notice that he states you can ignore loss of detail on the high points which is where roll friction occurs.&nbsp; Nowhere in this article does he say that friction and the associated loss of luster in the fields is acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I renew my request.&nbsp; If so many circulated coins have been graded as mint state coins by the TPG&#039;s, then it should be easy for you to show us an example of one from the Heritage archives.&nbsp; I have posted an example of an AU coin graded within the last few years that dispels the myth that you and Doug are propagating.&nbsp; I have also posted an example of a coin that has wear (roll friction) and resides in a mint state holder.&nbsp; I have also explained the reason why it is necessary to grade coins with &quot;roll&quot; friction as mint state coins.&nbsp; However, I have not seen one example a grading injustice posted by anyone in this thread.&nbsp; And after you find one, perhaps you can tell us how long it took you to search the Heritage archives to find it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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