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Message:: [QUOTE="davidh, post: 2133516, member: 15062"]Coins in collections are not "in circulation"Coins hoarded in jars are not "in circulation"Coins found in old car seats or in home couch cushions are not "in circulation"Coins found buried, raw or in containers, are not "in circulation"Coins kept for sentimental reasons for years are not "in circulation"Coins obtained from grandma or uncle Bob are not "in circulation" Coins from the above sources often enter circulation by any of several methods. They may be stolen by a family member or non family member and simply spent.They may be seen by the holder as simply spending money.They may be disposed of as estate property when the owner dies and spent by non collector heirs.They may be sold legally to a collector or dealer who pulls out the dateless or excessively worn ones to be given away or spent.They may simply be found loose in any of a number of odd places and spent. You may find the occasional 30 or 40 or 50 year old coin in your change from McDonalds but it came to be there from any combination of the above scenarios, but not from being in circulation for 30 or 40 or 50 years.[/QUOTE]