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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6565528, member: 73489&quot;]<i>GD, is this overlooking of wear something that took place ONLY when the TPGs came into existence ?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it is particular to your 2004 grading demarcation, right ?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I&#039;m guessing here...but I&#039;ll venture that decades ago, before the TPGs, when general descriptions like &quot;Brilliant Uncirculated&quot; were used.....that if a coin had some wear but was otherwise GREAT-LOOKING....it snuck in as a &quot;Mint State&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or dealers at least tried to pass them off as such...whether buyers bought it (the grade, not the coin) is another matter.<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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