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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6513395, member: 73489&quot;]No, I get it -- <b><i>but didn&#039;t you post a few back that bag marks ARE wear ????&nbsp; </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I do acknowledge that for a coin that has got DOZENS of bag marks and may even have true wear on high points -- all from bag movement -- might look worse than an AU-58 with outside wear and thus you can make a case it shouldn&#039;t even grade MS-60 or MS-61.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The Bottom Line Is This:</b>&nbsp; If bag marks and dings and scuffs from bag movement and coins banging around within a bag are going to be considered wear....then you&#039;ll have very few Mint State coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So bag MARKS are NOT considered wear, for better or worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If WEAR happens WITHIN the bag....my understanding is it can still be graded Mint State.&nbsp; I guess this assumes a grader can differentiate bag wear from outside wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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