... do you think the seller's description of the chip in question being in "Mint Condition" is accurate? Would you define your "mint condition painting" example with several notches in the canvas as being "in Mint Condition"? I don't. Because many of Ebay's authoritive sounding sellers can (and do) claim anything ... does not make it so.

Do you think that five different acceptable grades of Mint Condition in today's coin hobby is an accurate description of Webster's definition?

If your answer to the questions posed above is "Yes", then I have a Mint State Bridge in Brooklyn that I would like to sell to you.

Mr. Webster did not say ..., "mint state as offered on Ebay". It is my PERSONAL opinion (regardless of what Mr. Webster thinks) is that there is no such thing as a mint condition chip. You are free to express an opinion otherwise.

The club has adopted a grading standard that does not even mention the term "Mint Condition". Perhaps it's time that chip collectors also adopted the club's definition when applied to casino chips instead of Mr. Webster's general "mint condition" term that applies to everything from soup to nuts... and paintings?