The amount of items being listed on the web as mint that is actually fairly terrible is amazing, its almost as if sellers are either blind or they think calling a dog turd something else makes it something else. The application of the "Mint" condition scale is one of the most abused systems for rating that I can think of. I have often considered something better might be in order and while I understand there is some wiggle in the word depending on the genre of item and the sellers eyes, but be serious.

After some careful consideration and looking at this piece I have taken to rating it and trying something new to try and relate what it looks like in hand. I utilized a system that I made up just now. I typed my description into the handy Google translator and ran it in Latin and German and came up with this.

Conditionus Mintus und Penis Erectis..... Now I am just a simple guy and not sure what that means, but I would bet the guy who buys this will when he opens the shipping box.

(Nuremberg 1929 Rally Stickpin-Hoffstatter)