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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2102296, member: 73489&quot;]<font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>From my just-arrived The Official ANA Standards For Grading Coins 7th Edition:</b></span></font></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Wear: </b> <i>The abrasion of metal from a coin&#039;s surface caused by normal handling and circulation.</i></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Now I&#039;m more confused than ever....it seems like the ANA is saying NORMAL handling and NORMAL circulation is what constitutes wear.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">All of these bag marks, frost marks, etc., that some of you are referencing would seem NOT to be considered &#039;normal&#039; wear.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">I&#039;m not saying what you guys are saying is WRONG -- I&#039;m just saying that the plain or interpretive meaning of this definition (is there another ?) seems to allow for minor non-circulated &#039;wear.&#039;</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Heading back to the foxhole...........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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