mint conditionn.
/ˌmɪnt kənˈdɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɪnt kənˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ A condition of perfection or newness representing or suggestive of that of a freshly minted coin.
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mint condition1897
mint state1901
1897 M. Whitney in U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 60. 4 ‘Order’ or ‘case’ in tobacco curing means a mint condition in which the tissue will not break.
1902 Connoisseur May 67/2 Nothing is more marked in present day stamp collecting than the insistence..upon what is expressively termed a ‘mint’ condition in unused specimens.
1923 Punch 7 Feb. 130 Here we have Holbein's portrait of the first earl... His chef-d'œuvre, in mint condition.
1956 I. Murdoch Flight from Enchanter i. 9 The books were chaotic, but in mint condition, since reading was not a popular activity.
1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 28 May a6/2 We'd bet a mint-condition Buster O'Brien button that he already knows a good deal more about the problems of Northern Virginia than any rational person would want to know.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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