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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 21350, member: 112"]Nd is correct folks - not all coins in GSA holders are Unc. The coins for the GSA sales- in the black & clear holders - came in two different types. Type one says Uncirculated Silver Dollar - Type two just says Silver Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you would think that would be the end of the story - but it isn't. For the folks who boxed up the GSA coins did not know squat about coins or how to tell uncirculated from circulated - they were ordinary govt. employees. As a result you can find Unc coins the type 2 holders and circulated coins in the type one. Just like with slabbed coins - the holder does not make the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were also other types of GSA packages known as soft packs. They usually came in a blue envelope with the coin locked inside a pliofilm sleeve - very similar to Mint sets. These coins were supposedly all circulated as well - only not all of them were.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes - I have seen many of each type. I collected GSA coins for many years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 21350, member: 112"]Nd is correct folks - not all coins in GSA holders are Unc. The coins for the GSA sales- in the black & clear holders - came in two different types. Type one says Uncirculated Silver Dollar - Type two just says Silver Dollar. Now you would think that would be the end of the story - but it isn't. For the folks who boxed up the GSA coins did not know squat about coins or how to tell uncirculated from circulated - they were ordinary govt. employees. As a result you can find Unc coins the type 2 holders and circulated coins in the type one. Just like with slabbed coins - the holder does not make the coin. There were also other types of GSA packages known as soft packs. They usually came in a blue envelope with the coin locked inside a pliofilm sleeve - very similar to Mint sets. These coins were supposedly all circulated as well - only not all of them were. And yes - I have seen many of each type. I collected GSA coins for many years.[/QUOTE]
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