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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2373973, member: 112&quot;]No that is not what I am saying at all ! Wear, regardless of where it occurs or when, is wear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t see that coin well enough to tell if it has any wear on it or not. But getting beat up like that, looking like the coin came in 8th in an ax fight - does not constitute wear. Contact marks, scratches, abrasions, etc - are not wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why it is simple.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - This is how PCGS defines an uncirculated coin - </p><p><br /></p><p>Uncirculated</p><p><br /></p><p>Term to indicate a coin or numismatic item that has never been in circulation, <u><b>a coin without wear.</b></u> See “Brilliant Uncirculated,” “Mint State,” and “new.”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Lingo/U" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Lingo/U" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/Lingo/U</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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