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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2897975, member: 24314&quot;]paddyman98, posted: &quot;The best answer is... Once it leaves the Mint for <span style="color: #ff0000">circulation </span>to the public... It&#039;s <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Uncirculated</span></b>! No matter how shiny or cartwheely it looks in hand. IMHO&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>paddyman98, posted: &quot;But its just my opinion. I have read the other statements and understand the other explanations.&quot;&nbsp; See above for what he was commenting about in your post.&nbsp; Once it leaves the Mint it is &quot;circulated;&quot; yet it may remain in Mint State (as made) for decades.&nbsp; You knew this and typed too fast.</p><p><br /></p><p>ldhair, posted: &quot;It&#039;s not always easy to see wear from images. Trying to learn from images may help but in hand is better. It takes time and looking at many, many coins to get really good at it. To make it even more fun, even experts can&#039;t always agree.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The color of the surface on the high parts of a coin&#039;s design (either in an image or in hand) provides clues to it&#039;s MS/AU condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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