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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2303665, member: 1892&quot;]&quot;Uncirculated&quot; as an accurate adjective is not inapplicable to a coin which no longer has every single atom of metal in the exact same place it was at the moment of strike. The coin&#039;s first movement after the strike - sliding into a hopper - is quite capable of causing &quot;cabinet rub.&quot; I consider &quot;cabinet rub&quot; to be a colloquial term anyway - people didn&#039;t slide their coins around in cabinets, and a &quot;coin cabinet&quot; is only a tool of the elite collector anyway. What percentage of coins offered that appellation were ever worthy of a cabinet?</p><p><br /></p><p>We immediately dismiss bagmarks as &quot;appropriate&quot; Mint State features, yet hold up any sort of lesser friction as evidence of a &lt;60 grade. Was every_single_collision of every coin ever minted a violent act? Nothing ever just &quot;slid?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Or even rubbed against the inside of the bag?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say I really love the guy, but the formative influence David Hall has ended up having on modern numismatics can&#039;t be underestimated. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is just about as cool a software feature as I&#039;ve ever seen in an online forum, and I absolutely <b>love</b> the capability. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Too many people abuse Quotes with nesting and irrelevant copy, simply because it&#039;s easier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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