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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Beatty, post: 2534756, member: 77338&quot;]I&#039;m fairly new to studying coins, coming up on just 1 (solid) year of experience.&nbsp; In the literature I read describing coin grades, the wording for MS60 and above almost always contains the phrase &quot;a coin that has not circulated&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>But is this really true in practice?&nbsp; Bear with my examples here for the sake of discussion...I am just trying to learn!</p><p><br /></p><p>For example #1:&nbsp; let&#039;s say I am issued a 2016 Quarter as &quot;change&quot; in mid March of 2016.&nbsp; You can tell this coin is hot off the press....take it home and examine it with a 5x and 10x magnifying glass &amp; this thing is flawless.&nbsp; Does it have a chance to make MS67 or greater grade?&nbsp; Will PCGS or NGC see something and give it a &quot;details&quot; rating?</p><p><br /></p><p>example #2:&nbsp; I see the generic term &quot;BU&quot; being used and talk about making my head spin.&nbsp; It seems it&#039;s a complete misnomer since collectors seem to call their CIRCULATION gems &quot;BU&quot; when the U seems to stand for Uncirculated.&nbsp; So my late father saved a bunch of 1972 coins during the year 1972 and stored them in tubes he labeled &quot;BU&quot;.&nbsp; Upon inspection, these coins look awesome just like in my example #1 only 43 years later!!&nbsp; Do THESE coins have a chance to make true MS grades?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll hang up and listen......GO![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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