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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1020543, member: 57463&quot;]Not so.&nbsp; One of the great numismatic criminals of our day, John J. Ford is credited with inventing the phrase &quot;cabinet friction&quot; to explain how a Mint State coin could have wear on one side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Myself, I question how any coin, passed from hand to hand for decades from one coin show to the next numismatic convention to this shop and that collector and the other dealer after the heirs sell out and it comes to a convention or a show or a shop...&nbsp; I mean, really, is any coin Mint State after leaving the Mint?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, the world did not come to me for advice.&nbsp; So, we go with John Ford and have Mint State coins with wear on one side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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