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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BR549, post: 987529, member: 7110&quot;]Handling marks, bag marks are bundled into one group and there is no definite way to tell exactly when they happened to the surface of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>As coins are minted, the are dropped into bins, reedless edges on the cent and nickel make smooth divots into the surface while reeded edges make a squiggly line. Bags of coins are tossed about and even though they are uncirculated, they will still have handling marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once a coin enters circulation, getting it as change, from the bank teller to you, it is technically considered circulated. If there is no evidence of wear or has not been mishandled and is in pristine condition (very few handling marks) who is the wiser to say it is UN-circulated?</p><p><br /></p><p>If there is a way to tell two like coins, one from a mint bag and one gotten in change at Wal-Mart, I&#039;d like to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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