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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 680088, member: 19463&quot;]I have slight problems understanding how rubbing with a soft cloth is all that different from placing the coin in a soft cotton pocket, grabbing it not by the edges and handing it to some person at the convenience store in trade for something else (probably sales tax since that is the main reason given today for having coins at all).&nbsp; Sure we need to handle MS-xx and Proofs with some respect but coins are not ruined by being used.&nbsp; They just become circulated coins.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If by ruined, you mean lowered in cash value, perhaps we should ask the government to set up a grading station at the mints where trained inspectors examine every coin for perfection and ship them directly to PCGS for sale in the mint gift shop.&nbsp; Coins grading below MS60 could be released for circulation or remelted as demand dictates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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