“Circulation” wear from sitting in a non-PVC flip

I had this UNC Lincoln that managed to circulate on my shelf over the years.

 

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A coin can not wear sitting as you explained but it can easily tone. Any toning is not wear and does not affect the grade.

 

Noooo, a coin cannot get circulation wear if it does not circulate. That is contradictory.

 

Agreed, as long as "circulation wear" means being carried around loose in a pocket or purse.
But in the old days (such as the pre-1860's) when coins were often stored in trays with sections, one for each coin, wear could (and often did) occur as the coins slid around.
Hence the term "slider" often applied to AU-58 coins.

 

I suspect that is the point of the post....satire.

 

I just meant that the high points lost luster, which is the general definition of circulation for coins, isn’t it? I know it hasn’t circulated, but I’m near certain that it can’t be called uncirculated… so it’s circulated without circulating.

 

Luster will affect the overall grade of the coin but it has nothing to do with wear of the coin. The amount of wear remains the same.

 

This is why it is import to correctly store a collection.

 

You mean, storing my coins in SaFlips isn’t the way to go?

 

I completely agree but the OP clearly stated in the thread title SITTING and that implies no movement. That’s why I said what I did.

 

I think many of us store our coins in Saflips, but that being said, where and how you store those are important. Coins, even those incased in a slab, are affected by humidity, so dry conditions are important too.

 

Appears to just have toned differently on the high points. The TPG's would usually call this MS-63.

 

I guess I better slab all my coins, then.

 

Thanks Thad. Also, how are you doing? Are you still making PVC destroying elixir?

 

If it was not moved out of the flip, it did not circulate. It is still an uncirculated coin, unless it was circulated before it was placed in the flip. The definition of an uncirculated coin is one that has not been in circulation. Any other view of this fact is erroneous.

 

MS stands for mint state though, not uncirculated. Clearly you can have coins that are in mint state that have circulated. You can also have coins that are uncirculated yet are not in mint state. Uncirculated is not really a relevant term. There's no way to know for most coins unless you broke them out of a mint set yourself, and the term doesn't describe a state of preservation.

 

Ohhh! I'm so confused.
Seriously though, excellent explanation!!