Question On Roll Hunting

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just as soon as it go's from the roll into a cash register it is considered circulated and can never be uncirculated again

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So if a cashier cracks open a brand new fresh from the Fed roll of the latest state quarters(solid state roll from one mint, not mixed), drops them into the change tray, and then proceeds to hand me one for my change, you call that circulated? There is no wear involved anywhere in that very plausible scenario so by definition that coin is mint state, not circulated with wear.

You either have an uncirculated coin(no wear) or a circulated coin(with wear or damage in some cases), it is largely irrelevant where it is found since wear is the indicator, not the location of the coin.

Soooooo, would you consider a MS-70 coin BU? MS-65? Where is the line? Or do you consider them completely independent of one another? So, it could be possible to have a BU MS-60 coin that we can hypothetically agree has never been 'circulated,' and at the same time have a MS-67 coin that is not 'uncirculated' because it spent 5 min in my pocket on the way home from the gas station where I got it in change, and therefore not BU?

What if I broke a coin out of my Unc mint set, put it in my pocket for 5 min, then carefully put it back? Is the set not Unc anymore?

Edit: You are arguing semantics. Uncirculated is not an invisible thing around a coin that as soon as it is 'circulated' breaks and ruins the coin forever. Uncirculated is a state of a coin determined by the amount of wear (or lack the of) that is present on the coin. Any MS coin is considered uncirculated. Think about it; Mint State. Lets disect that phrase Mint State, no its not where Tic-Tacs come from. It means that the coin is in the state that it was when it was at the mint, no I don't mean Colorado or Penn. AKA UNCIRCULATED!

Just a point of view from an admitted newb. But is'nt the whole grading thing based on condition not actually verifiable use? IE brilliant uncirculated condition. Meaning semanticaly the condition it should be in if it just dropped out of the press.