Mint condition

Mint Condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. "Mint" means "used, but still as new". Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. As the name given to a coin factory is a 'mint', then mint condition is the condition a coin is in as it leaves the mint.

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"Mint Condition" was also the name of an R&B group in the early 90's.

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