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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 4617958, member: 21705&quot;]Rare is often something that reflects both supply and demand. Thus, the 1916-D dime is relatively rare compared with the numbers of collecters and a limited universe of dates and mint-marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like rarity and US coins. In fact, I have little interest in coins with over 100 known. I have chosen to specialize in Early Large Cents with a R4+ or higher rating. The thing is, while both older and rarer from an absolute number in existence, they are still relatively affordable due to the smaller demand from collectors of the series. But this is achieved by breaking down the dates into varieties, which reduces the supply (1 year with ten varieties makes the average variety 10 times as rare) and increases the total number of items (varieties.)</p><p><br /></p><p>When that isn&#039;t enough, you can divide each variety into die states.</p><p><br /></p><p>With ancients, there are excesses of a similar nature where thousands of varieties produce hundreds of rarities of 100 or less. Again, price keeps the less pristine rarities affordable.</p><p><br /></p><p>So Ancients are not unlike many US variety collections when it comes to rarity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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