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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 1945035, member: 36230&quot;]Is calling this one rare &quot;silly&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1860-C-5-Gold-Liberty-Head-NGC-XF-40-Rare-Charlotte-Gold-/321165042657?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item4ac6eda3e1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1860-C-5-Gold-Liberty-Head-NGC-XF-40-Rare-Charlotte-Gold-/321165042657?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item4ac6eda3e1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1860-C-5-Gold-Liberty-Head-NGC-XF-40-Rare-Charlotte-Gold-/321165042657?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item4ac6eda3e1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>With an estimated total surviving pop of 150-200 in all grades/conditions, I do not believe the term &quot;rare&quot; to be at all misleading even though there certainly are much rarer coins out there (this was quickly and simply pulled out as an example). While I wholeheartedly agree that the word/term is over and questionably used, such a blanket statement is unfair, plus it is just simple marketing. After all, Wal-Mart does not advertise &quot;cheap junk&quot; even though they certainly some things that can rightfully be described as such, so can you really expect a seller to do just that when everyone else is calling their coins &quot;rare&quot;, regardless of if they are junk or not? This is just one of those words that, while it should have a greater meaning, no longer does and has been cheapened. &quot;Hero&quot; is another one that comes to mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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