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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tim Sweet, post: 3541396, member: 103085&quot;]As with all things I undertake, searching for knowledge is key (habits pick up from being a police offcier, USAF vet, computer programmer and a teacher)&nbsp; My new coin hobbie (actaully a revived hobbie from when I was kid and filled the blue folder with coins from the 50&#039;s) is no different as far as the need to seek out information.&nbsp; What is different is now there is access to the world via the internet and forums just like this one.&nbsp; With that comes a lot of information that someone believes and expresses as fact.&nbsp; Often times there is conflicting &quot;definitions&quot;/&quot;anwsers&quot; to the same question.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used &#039;PART 1&#039; in the title so those that say &quot;Oh not that guy again.&quot;&nbsp; can skip them head of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>First areas are Error coins vs Damage coins and Circulated vs Uncirculated.&nbsp; This will be asked by way of a scenarios/ statements to be refuted/corrected as necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Bank wrapped coins may or may not be uncirculated.</p><p>2. The Mint does not use generic wrappers for mint rolls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scenario 1:</p><p>I purchased a bag of uncirculated coins directly from the US Mint.&nbsp; No middle man or ebay purchase.&nbsp; The coins in that bag are considered uncirculated, even if they look rough from living in the bag.&nbsp; It&#039;s not easy distingushing between coins that were damaged at the mint during the die process or just banged up living in the bag.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same is true for purchasing rolls of coins directly from the US Mint.&nbsp; How they are handled before and during the rolling process can damage them.&nbsp; That is considered just plain damage, regardless of the fact it occurred at the MINT.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given these conditions, it is nearly impossible to prove that a coin is uncirculated, unless it is damage free, scratch free, etc. So most of the coins purchased from the US Mint fall into these catagories, therefore claims of &quot;uncirculated&quot; is really only related to the condition and whether it is actually uncirculated.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Damage is damage unless it occurs in the actually die stamping of the coin and in some instances damage to a planchet before stamping.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK that is enough for now.&nbsp; Thanks in advance to the &#039;brave ones&#039; that tackle this post.</p><p>Tim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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