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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 873523, member: 112&quot;]Chris - some of what you related is true, some of what you related may be true, and some of it just isn&#039;t true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes - the people who sorted the coins as to unc and circ knew little to nothing about coins. As a result unc coins can be found in the circ holders. And - circ coins can be found in the unc holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if was most definitely not toning that was used to distinguish the two. Unmistakably bag toned coins can be found in both holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for colege kids attempting to clean some coins - yeah, it could have happened. But we have no way of knowing if it did or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it much more likely that some of the coins actually in circulation, but still retaining their unc details, were cleaned or wiped at some point and then returned to the banks where they made their way back into bags only to be distributed many years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or - it could just be that the TPG screwed up too. There are a great many cases where coins have been submitted and bagged as cleaned, then re-submitted and slabbed. There are also cases of coins coming directly from original mint packaging and being bagged as cleaned. It happens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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