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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robbudo, post: 913123, member: 19243&quot;]After a few years living in Denver, i finally took a tour of the US mint the other day!&nbsp; It was awesome and I recommend it for everyone.&nbsp; At the end of the tour, there was a machine that gave 4 quarters for a dollar - brand new uncirculated state quarters directly from the US mint.&nbsp; Awesome. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a sign on the machine that said &quot;These coins are not, from a strictly numismatic definition, uncirculated coins.&nbsp; Uncirculated coins are minted differently to give those coins higher relief&quot;.&nbsp; This is just a rough approximation, I didn&#039;t actually write the statement down verbatim.&nbsp; I understand the uncirculated coins from the little change machine at the end of the tour are different than the uncirculated coins that go in the uncirculated mint sets.&nbsp; We saw the machines that make &amp; package the US mint sets, and those coins are clearly treated differently than the mass produced quarters we spend every day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my question, aren&#039;t the uncirculated coins coming out of the machine essentially the same as the uncirculated bank rolls of the state quarters - the ones sold in coin shops (and on ebay) as uncirculated &#039;BU&#039; state quarters?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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