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Message:: [QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2102414, member: 4920"]It's not different, it's just less. It's still wear. Look, try this on for size. What is "Mint State?" To many collectors, these days, I'll tell you what it is, it's nothing better than a meaningless status symbol. They can call their coins "Mint State." If there's wear on the coin, all they need to do is fiddle with it, call it something else, and they're there. Let's see if we can give meaning to "Mint State," make it meaningful. Mint State. The State of preservation of the coin is Mint. Golly, I think we just did! And wear, that's a State of preservation less than Mint. As a consolation, consider this. If indeed 90% of Saints are AU, that only raises the value of AU Saints to what your MS Saints with "cabinet friction" or whatever you call it are trading for. They're not going to trade for less. The market forces of supply and demand and PCGS (oh, you didn't think PCGS is a market force?) aren't going to have it any other way.[/QUOTE]