spagett!
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My first experience with the term "mint" came when I was very young. My grandfather gave me a special silver dollar that came in a hard plastic case inside of another sturdy jewelry box. What made it mint, I was told, was that it was truly 100% perfect. Absolutely brand new, likely never even touched by a human finger. Right after it was made, it was placed in said case before it had time to get even a little contaminated.
Then there was baseball cards. My friends and I would go to the collectors' shows in the mall and get lectured if we looked at some nerd's mint Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card wrong. Again, the understanding was that these cards were taken out of their package, in laboratory-like conditions, and immediately put in a protective case.
Now, people are calling this mint:
Traded for these wheels a couple months ago. Met up with the guy on a cloudy day, the wheels were a bit dirty, and I simply didn't see this. Shame on me. I cleaned them up and under good lighting saw the swirls of a lifetime. Now, there weren't any deep scratches or curb rash, but cmon, MINT?
Took about an hour per wheel with a Mother's PowerBall Mini and m105 to get them to this:
So what should we really call wheels like this? 8/10, 7/10?
And what does "mint" mean to you? Should it be reserved for the best of the best of the best condition items? Or are my standards too high?
Then there was baseball cards. My friends and I would go to the collectors' shows in the mall and get lectured if we looked at some nerd's mint Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card wrong. Again, the understanding was that these cards were taken out of their package, in laboratory-like conditions, and immediately put in a protective case.
Now, people are calling this mint:
Traded for these wheels a couple months ago. Met up with the guy on a cloudy day, the wheels were a bit dirty, and I simply didn't see this. Shame on me. I cleaned them up and under good lighting saw the swirls of a lifetime. Now, there weren't any deep scratches or curb rash, but cmon, MINT?
Took about an hour per wheel with a Mother's PowerBall Mini and m105 to get them to this:
So what should we really call wheels like this? 8/10, 7/10?
And what does "mint" mean to you? Should it be reserved for the best of the best of the best condition items? Or are my standards too high?
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