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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5227215, member: 112&quot;]No, it does not. Many coins are no longer mint state even before they leave the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The long accepted and technical definition of mint state is a coin that has no wear - period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately the TPGs did away with the definition for their own purposes. PCGS even states in writing in their own book on grading that coins with wear can be graded as high as MS67.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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