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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 6524948, member: 112&quot;]First you have to define what MS/uncirculated actually is. Once you do that it&#039;s quite simple to answer your own question.</p><p><br /></p><p>And remember, dings and light/small scratches, (other wise known as contact marks), have absolutely nothing to do with determining if a coin is MS or not. A coin can be covered with contact marks, it can look like it came in 8th in an ax fight, and still be correctly graded as MS/uncirculated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ever since grading and grading standards first began being discussed in the late 1800&#039;s the definition of an MS/uncirculated coin has always been very simple and straightforward - it is a coin that has no wear. That&#039;s it, just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know why they came up with that definition ? Again it&#039;s quite simple, it is because even back then they knew the cause of wear can never be determined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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