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Message:: [QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1541795, member: 29581"]So you've been in everyone's pocket for each year of issue of a Saint to know not every one was in someone's pocket? Paul that's an assumption, that every Saint wasn't in someone's pocket. You can't state that as a fact unless you were in everyone's pocket when those were made. Hypothetically, if it could be discerned, I would judge it much the same way as I judge high point wear on Morgans, Franklins, Washingtons, etc., etc. The term you're using "high point wear" happens on all coins. Typically, the high points of the design, show the first signs of wear because they are raised higher than the fields, and recesses of the design. Take the Morgan for example. The high points of the design are Liberty's hair, cotton boles, ear, the eagles breast, legs just to name a few. When determining any amount of wear, from any frictional source, those are considered to be the key focal areas, and the first place to look for signs of wear. Much like the Breast and knee on the Saints are the high points of the design. As far as knowing a coin has not been circulated, really there is only one true way to know that for certain and that's to receive the coin directly from Mint, or even stand next to the catch bin on the other side of the press, and grab several as they drop out from the dies. Depending on how much wear, AU at best.[/QUOTE]