Does it seem strange that a coin with a chopmark would ever be considered UNC?

Hyperion

Consider "wear"....

Something gets a bag mark, that's a collision inside a storage bag (giving the benefit of the doubt). technically, not really wear cause it's not "in circ" yet....

If something suffered a chopmark, that means it's been changing hands (on some sort of scale). It's an unnatural deformation of a coin incurred during circulation. Isn't this just "wear", a different branch of the 'wear' tree?

Just thinking out loud.

blu62vette

You may have to define circulation first. It did change hands but still may not show signs of rub and wear that are considered circulation.

Plenty of ms66 coins change hands but it doesnt make them circulated.

tradedollarnut

Uncirculated is a state of condition, not an absolute. If you doubt that, pull a shiny quarter from your pocket and submit it.

pepsiwarrior

Not really. Figure if it was taken from a bag marked then replaced there.

Once made a 63 no p 1982 dime that I received from a clerk at a gas station in 1993.

PerryHall

Don't confuse post-mintage damage with circulation wear.

dorkkarl

its uncircualted but not mint state, which begs the question of why the use ms-something rather then unc-something

K S

dorkkarl

oops correction that it COULD BE uncirculated, but NOT BE mint state

K S

Hyperion

<< <i>Don't confuse post-mintage damage with circulation wear. >>



well said.