A circulation issue or circulation coin,
[_ (1988). ''The American Coin Redesign Act'', Volume 4, by United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.] sometimes called a business strike (US), is a
coin minted and issued for
commerce as opposed to those made as
commemorative coins and
proof
Proof most often refers to:
* Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
* Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
* Formal proof, a con ...
coins. Circulation issue coins are normally produced in relatively large numbers, and are primarily meant to be used as pocket change, not
collected.
Even though special collector coins, such as
proof coinage, are produced in smaller numbers, the circulation issue coins are sometimes more valuable in high grade than their proof counterparts. This is because whereas proof coins are almost always carefully preserved by their owners, circulation issue usually are not.
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