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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 758737, member: 6036&quot;]You&#039;re right, it won&#039;t completely happen. But in early coppers (large cents particularly), quite a number of folks have come forward with the rarer varieties to the point that we feel we have a very good estimate of how many exist.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Morever... folks have come forward with all the best specimens, even for common varieties, and those have been ranked. So a given specimen is known to be the 5th best known (for example). This ranking is called the <i>condition census</i>, so a given coin is referred to as CC #5 etc. Usually the best 20 known are ranked.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Being anywhere in the condition census usually boosts the desirability and bears a premium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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