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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6377104, member: 73489&quot;]No disagreement, GD....but I guess that the TPGs had to make a choice in the mid-1980&#039;s before starting up and they decided that &quot;wear&quot; in a bag was NOT the same as &quot;wear&quot; from being handled, going into a cash register for a few days, or even circulating for a week before taken out of circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I would think that a full bag of coins might not jostle around that much if it was filled....certainly not the coins in the CENTER of the mass.&nbsp; The coins on top and on the sides touching the bag itself, yes, no mass weight constricting their movement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then consider that bags of coins in Europe moved around alot more and that&#039;s why many of your Mint State coins from Europe look much worse than Mint State coins from South/Central America.</p><p><i>Didn&#039;t some coins have lousy/mediocre luster to begin with hot off the mint press ? </i></p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with your analysis of luster being easily worn off.</p><p>Yup, you are right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the TPGs may have considered all you said, GD....and then realized that VERY FEW coins would EVER grade MS65 or above, maybe at best low-60&#039;s. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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