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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3298203, member: 24314&quot;]Jaelus, posted:&nbsp; &quot;<b>You&#039;re getting too caught up in semantics.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">Yes, that&#039;s true, in order to communicate humans use a language (no longer the old language of whistles and grunts) now mostly <b>words that have meanings</b>.&nbsp; Mint State signifies a coin with NO TRACE OF WEAR according to long held custom/standards in books and the TPGS publications.&nbsp; Many wished to change the word &quot;Uncirculated&quot; to fit their greedy or ignorant purposes.&nbsp; As I posted, it is a personal thing.&nbsp; As Doug posted, for many folks it is a &quot;company&quot; thing. </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">While I really do care, I cannot change anything.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I don&#039;t give a rat&#039;s tail about what is taking place AS LONG AS SOMEONE can look me in the face and say the coin is not really MS due to the friction wear (old &quot;standard&quot;) but it is market acceptable and should be valued as if it were. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Standards change all the time does not literally mean the old standard is changing. As I said, it is <b>deprecated</b>.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">Yes, I see and my dollar bill has &quot;<b>depreciated&quot;</b> to 73 cents.</span></i>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">Grade the coin for its actual condition without any &quot;depreciation&quot; and let the market price it for what it&#039;s worth in that condition.&nbsp; Then the debate about grading will be mostly solved as the words or numbers will mean something we can believe.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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