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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2102050, member: 73489"]Nope, and this is why this debate about 'wear' is like those Venn Diagrams we saw as kids.  Both have their separate universes and they overlap about 5-10%.  We are debating about that overlap. Hypothetical:  A coin 'circulates' in a town for 3 months.  But instead of being handled like regular change, people note it is a gold/silver coin and it is handled with meticulous care....kept in a cash register in a velvet pouch...handled on edge when exchanged. OTOH....an uncirculated coin is moved every day in a heavy coin bag....takes a beating every day....ding-ding-ding.....lots of wear. That's the conundrum that the TPGs and ANA folks probably never thought about when they talked about 'wear' and why they just ASSUMED (Odd Couple moment: "Never assume....." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) that 'wear' from Mint State coins in a bag would always be much less than the 'wear' from circulation.  In fact, it appears they don't call the rubbing/friction/dings that the former encounter 'wear' which GD and others apparently do.  Therein lies the crux of the matter. My astronomy club actually had the lead guys on opposite ends of this debate, Alan Stern (head of the New Horizons Probe which reaches Pluto in 3 months) and Neil DeGrasse Tyson of Hayden Planetarium. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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