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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2095152, member: 112&quot;]Yes it could. And almost all MS coins do have marks, blemishes, bag marks etc. And a great many of them receive those marks, blemishes, etc etc even after the coins leave the mint, and they are still MS. Why ? Because that is not the definition of MS. The definition of MS is a coin that has no wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin does show wear, it doesn&#039;t matter if that wear occurred in the mint building or outside of it, all that matters is that it is there - by definition.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is what the TPGs and much, maybe even most, of the numismatic community does, they ignore the definition. But only when it suits them to do so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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