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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1933105, member: 112&quot;]You seem to ignore the obvious. PCGS admits the coins can have wear on them and still be graded as MS. They went so far as to say so, specifically, in their grading standards book. They even went so far as to say specifically, that all Saints have wear on them. And yes Dave, they use the word all. But yet they say no such thing about any other coins, only Saints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wear being present on the coin is what makes it an AU coin. Nothing else. Now if you, or anybody else, can&#039;t see it, then you can&#039;t see it. Perhaps you just don&#039;t want to see it. But regardless that does not change the fact that PCGS admits that they will grade these coins as MS even if they do have wear on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It just doesn&#039;t get much plainer than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt nailed it with his comment - the coin is market acceptable. And it is market accpetable because of what PCGS says about these coins, and a whole lot of people buy into that. Just not me. If a coin has wear then the coin cannot, by definition, be MS. Regardless of what the market accepts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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