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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 8297579, member: 112&quot;]I never said, nor did I even imply, any such thing ! There are millions of coins, of all metals, of any date, that are deserving of MS grades. Contact marks, scratches, hairlines, gouges, etc. are not wear and have never, ever been considered to be wear by anyone. Wear and any form of contact marks are completely and distinctly different things.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is defined as a visible break in the luster (a flattening of the luster if you will) caused by the surface of the coin rubbing against literally anything. And it makes absolutely no difference when, where, and how the break in the luster occurred. Because wear is wear regardless of where, when, and how it happened. And the reason it is regardless of when, where, and how it happened is because there is no way for anyone to tell or distinguish where, when, and how it happened. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a great many coins that get wear on them before they ever leave the mint building ! And many more that get wear on them after they after they leave the mint building. This is because all business strike coins are constantly rubbing against other coins, and other things, before, and after, they leave the mint building. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wear on a coin can occur at any time after it is ejected from the press.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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