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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2949818, member: 112&quot;]The reason some are or get confused with the term uncirculated is because they don&#039;t know the definition of the word when it is used in numismatics. As stated by others above, it has nothing to do with whether or not the coin is in actual circulation or not. The definition of an uncirculated coin is quite simple - it is a coin that has no wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that, in and of itself, can also be confusing for some because they seem to think that the only way a coin can get wear on it is by the coin being in actual circulation. But this is simply not true. A large number of coins have wear on them before they ever leave the mint building. And this wear occurs as part of the normal processes that all coins undergo. And I&#039;m not just talking about modern coins here, I&#039;m talking about the normal processes at the mint that all coins have undergone as far back as you want to go - clear back to the very first coins ever struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that, that is why the definition of uncirculated is what it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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