# What is "mint"? **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-mint/362038 **Category:** General Yo-Yo **Created:** [August 30, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-mint/362038 "2022-08-30T13:29:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 22
### Author: ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire) #### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-mint/362038/22 "2022-08-30T18:10:10Z")
As others have said, you can’t compare condition/grades on a 1-to-1 basis between different hobbies because there’s too many variables. A coin is scrutinized to a different degree than a trading card, for example. You can have a PSA 10 Blastoise despite that card being found in a standard booster pack, thus ‘circulated’. As I understand it, you can’t have a ‘mint condition’ (more or less the equivalent to a PSA 10 card) coin that has been circulated, so right there the comparison falls apart. I’ve never even considered the QC aspect of yoyos. You’re likely to never get a new, UNUSED, high-end yoyo because they all go through QC. One could argue that even screwing the axle in causing microscopic amounts of damage to the threads, thus no longer 100% mint, new condition. Likewise, a ‘mint condition’ classic automobile likely has been driven, despite any sort of mileage causing a small amount of wear to many components. I wrote this guide many years ago, and people seem to agree with it mostly. > [@Yoyo Damage Terminology (with pictures!)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-damage-terminology-with-pictures/52813): > > There has always been confusion on what constitutes a ding, or a scuff, or a ‘pinprick’. Well I threw together this little guide to help alleviate some of that confusion. Know your terminology before engaging in BST activity! Let me preface this by saying that damage has different levels of severity, so they won’t necessarily always adhere to these definitions. Ding The ding is one of the most prevalent forms of damage you’ll encounter. They occur when your yoyo strikes another hard object (wh… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-mint/362038)._