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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3935769, member: 19165"]If you hand me a coin, I have absolutely no idea what the history of that coin is. All I know is what I see on the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I see visible traces of wear on the coin, I assume it was from circulation and call it circulated. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I don't see visible traces of wear on the coin, I call it uncirculated. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, you can buy a coin directly from the mint (even out of a mint set, say), and put it in your pocket for 6 months. That coin will show signs of wear, but it never circulated. Would you say that coin was uncirculated? No, nobody would accept that. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Circulated" and "Uncirculated" tell you absolutely nothing about the history or source of the coin - they are visible indications of the current state of the coin. Maybe we could have picked better terms, but that's the way we call it. This is an endless source of confusion for some people, but it really shouldn't be. In numismatics, we have words that mean certain things in numismatics, and might mean something else outside of numismatics. That's just the way it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3935769, member: 19165"]If you hand me a coin, I have absolutely no idea what the history of that coin is. All I know is what I see on the coin. If I see visible traces of wear on the coin, I assume it was from circulation and call it circulated. If I don't see visible traces of wear on the coin, I call it uncirculated. For example, you can buy a coin directly from the mint (even out of a mint set, say), and put it in your pocket for 6 months. That coin will show signs of wear, but it never circulated. Would you say that coin was uncirculated? No, nobody would accept that. "Circulated" and "Uncirculated" tell you absolutely nothing about the history or source of the coin - they are visible indications of the current state of the coin. Maybe we could have picked better terms, but that's the way we call it. This is an endless source of confusion for some people, but it really shouldn't be. In numismatics, we have words that mean certain things in numismatics, and might mean something else outside of numismatics. That's just the way it is.[/QUOTE]
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