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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3836794, member: 56859&quot;]Firstly, cool coin!&nbsp; It looks very well engraved for such a small coin and the relief looks high.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a good point, one I hadn&#039;t really considered.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect for new and new-ish collectors-- if they aren&#039;t heavily under the spell of Grade Is King-- the word <i>rare</i> in a coin&#039;s description automatically triggers desire without even knowing why it is considered rare or if the word is even warranted and almost regardless of condition.&nbsp; Eventually, as you noted, it becomes clear that there are just <b>so many</b> rarities that a person can&#039;t afford to pay a premium for all of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m much more swayed by rarity when the design itself is unlike other coins.&nbsp; Minor differences in legends*, placement of devices, left/right bust, etc, don&#039;t excite me much or at all.&nbsp; A wholly new design or significantly different design, however, gets my heart rate up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Edited to clarify:&nbsp; differently abbreviated words or differently split legends, for instance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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