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Message:: [QUOTE="John77, post: 2545497, member: 79277"]The term "Uncirculated" is the most misunderstood one in collecting for new collectors. In a nutshell, the term "uncirculated" refers to the condition of a coin, or its state of preservation, rather than where it's actually been. Here's an example which should make things very easy to understand. Let's say your local grocery store just got a box of new rolls of 2016-D pennies (cents) from their local bank (which came via their carrier straight from the mint). They hand some out to their checkers... As a shopper, you get one of the brand new coins the checker gives you in change... the coin is still in the same "uncirculated" condition as it was when it was made, unless you handle it with your hands, instead of by the edges. Coins become circulated because they are handled by their surfaces and not their edges... theorhetically, a coin could be handled by 100 people and remain "uncirculated' if they all handled it by the edges, preventing it from wear.[/QUOTE]