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Originally Posted by mmarotta  In post #8, Mark Feld cited an auction catalog that gave the entry, "Low R. 7". That refers to Lyman Low's Rarity Scale from 1899 developed for Hard Times Tokens" from 1 (most common) to 9 (unique, or nearly so). R.7 means "Estimated 4 to 12 Specimens Survive."
Bowers' Judd 10th gives the population as 10, with 9 appearances at auction, the most recent May 2008 in which a NGC PF-66PQ was sold for $4830. |
Did you mean to say the scale goes from 1 to 8, with 8 being unique or nearly so? There is no R9 that I'm familiar with.
