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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3862928, member: 73489&quot;]Unfortunately, very true.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Do you remember exactly WHEN this transformation happened ?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It sort of relates to my post above.....<b><i>should a never-circulated coin, which went from the Mint to a bag...which nonetheless got dozens of dings and marks and abrasions....be graded &quot;Mint State&quot; and higher than a circulated coin ?</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>I mean, technically, you could have had someone get a $20 Saint from the Mint in the 1920&#039;s....hot off the presses.....flawless coin, would score an MS70 today.....guy buys $20 worth of food with the coin and the grocer puts the $20 in his coin register away from everything else....guy comes back an hour later, says <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">&quot;Give me the coin back, here&#039;s a $20 bill&quot;</span></i></b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .....puts the $20 Saint away in velvet and preserves it perfectly for the next 75 years....and then if it was graded correctly it should be no higher than an AU-58 since it DID circulate (technically).</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave an extreme example, but you know the gist of what I am saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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