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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1654614, member: 112&quot;]OK, think and follow me here. You have a freshly minted coin, let&#039;s say a Morgan. The coin is most definitely mint state. The coin is put away and never touched. But now some time passes and the coin tones, in your words tarnishes. </p><p><br /></p><p>To your way of thinking that coin is no longer mint state because it has tarnish on it. OK, now imagine this. Somebody tales that no longer mint state tarnished coin and uses a coin dip on it. A coin dip is an acid, and the acid removes all traces of the tarnish. And the coin once again looks just like it did the day it was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is that coin mint state now ? The tarnish is gone, there is not a mark on the coin, the luster is all there, there is no absolutely no wear, so is it mint state ? Yes or no ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about your answer because by your definition when the coin became tarnished it was no longer mint state. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you see what I mean ? A coin cannot be mint state, change into a coin that is no longer mint state, and then change again after it is dipped, and be mint state once again. That just isn&#039;t possible. So the only acceptable answer is that the coin was mint state all along, before it became tarnished, while it was tarnished, and after that tarnish was removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a toned coin, a tarnished coin, can be mint state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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