Originally posted by sriram
Here mint means "does not fall to pieces when looked at". I was once about to buy a used EOS-50. The owner advertised it as "mint condition, works perfectly". When I saw it I got a shock. There were scratch marks all over and one big gash on the flash. The shutter looked quite messed up too.
One other time when I was inspecting a 550EX labelled "absolutely mint" it looked like it was put through a cement mixer.
So... mint is meaningless.
