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Message:: [QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 3027684, member: 33176"][USER=94037]@Tat2[/USER] Just a quickie, MS stands for Mint State, which means uncirculated.  Uncirculated means there are NO signs of wear on the coin.  Can we get MS (uncirculated) coins from circulation...absolutely, but they have to HAVE NO SIGNS OF WEAR!  With that being said, MS grades start at MS60 which is an uncirculated coin and progress to MS70 which is a "perfect" coin with no trace of wear and no marks on it.  Grading is a pretty meticulous process which requires lots of experience.  Grading is done by many "Third Party Grading companies" or TPG's.  The easiest way to get a coin professionally graded is to have a dealer submit the coin for you and it is not really too cheap a proposition.  On the other hand, many members here (myself not included) are quite good at grading.  I would recommend as a first step to take some photos of the coins you have questions about and post them here to see people's opinions.  Regardless of what you do, good luck and welcome to CoinTalk.[/QUOTE]