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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 704226, member: 19065&quot;]When people from other (non-coin) collecting hobbies usurp the term &#039;Mint&#039; to describe the condition of things they collect or are trying to sell, such as vintage/antique items, toys, comicbooks, etc. Auction listings commonly refer to non-coin items as MINT or the really funny ones, <i>Near</i> Mint (NM) / Near Mint <i>Mint </i>(NMM), when in fact, none of the items were <u>minted</u> nor are related to minting process in production and after production states. It may often be highly probable that the seller/buyer alike know little in detail about coin collecting, minting process and grading of coins in order to evoke the term for the non-coin items they are describing as if the other party would understand the comparison of quality/condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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