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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7881577, member: 24314&quot;]ddddd, posted: &quot;<b>Mint stuck&quot; and &quot;Mint state&quot; are different terms.&quot; </b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Simple to understand and <b>absolutely correct.</b> I don&#039;t even know <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> how &quot;Mint Struck&quot; got into this discussion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>imrich, posted: &quot;I clarified a mint-struck/mint-state coin as being without damage, being delivered directly from the mint. The Morgan Dollars in sealed bags were often damaged by handling, being possibly either circulated or mint state.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally have dropped a mint state coin onto a concrete floor, <b>changing the coin state from uncirculated to about-uncirculated.</b> [<i>With all due respect, you have shown a complete lack of knowledge in your opinions such as this and it is not your fault.&nbsp; Numismatic educators and the ANA have failed us all.&nbsp; Simply&nbsp; put: <span style="color: #b30000">Your MS coin IS STILL IN 100% MS CONDITION AS IT LEFT THE PRESS EXCEPT NOW IT HAS A BAD RIM!&nbsp; </span> I can take a freshly struck coin (Mint State) from the coin press - drill a hole through it AND IT IS STILL MINT STATE WITH A HOLE!&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">The term Mint State formerly referred to NO TRACE OF FRICTION WEAR! </span></b> Otherwise anything that happens to a coin REMOVES IT FROM MS CONDITION and that is just plain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><font size="6"><span style="color: #663300">STUPID</span></font>!! (not you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)].</i> The damage to the MS67 coin was far in excess of mint-struck/state condition. I respect your intellect enough to believe you know the difference between damaged and mint-state coins...&quot;</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>So...Once a coin is considered to be MS, anything detracting on it lowers its ranking from 70 down to 60.&nbsp; It can NEVER drop into the circulated range.&nbsp; What does drop is its VALUE and that&#039;s why even an XF+ coin can be worth more than a MS example just because of its eye appeal.&nbsp; That&#039;s commercial grading.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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