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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 2303891, member: 4920&quot;]&quot;Circulated&quot; and &quot;Uncirculated&quot; are &quot;terms of art,&quot; Jaelus. That&#039;s why this Montana quarter I got at McDonald&#039;s yesterday can be MS65. If these terms were to be taken literally, we&#039;d be reduced to coin detectives to determine the grade. Did he get it in circulation, or not? A witness in the car will swear out an affidavit under penalty of perjury he got it at the drive-up window in change for the Caramel Mocha he bought, ergo, it&#039;s circulated! Uh, nnnnnnnnno...</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the face of the coin. Take your bearing on the coin&#039;s technical or condition grade strictly from there. Leave the forensics to the people who are still confused in relationship to these terms. They&#039;re &quot;terms of art&quot; denoting presence or absence of wear on the face of the coin, that&#039;s all. Keep your eye on the coin and don&#039;t fall for anything that requires you to put your mind&#039;s eye elsewhere. That&#039;s a sucker play, every time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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