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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8512811, member: 100951&quot;]“Better date” coins. A term I often see used by dealers to describe coins that are slightly scarcer than common date, generic type coins. Yet these “better date” coins are still much more common than semi-key date, key date, and unique rarities. Some people like to describe “better date” coins as “sleepers” or “underrated.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Rare coin” dealers. Truly rare coins contribute to only a small fraction of a typical dealer’s inventory. By “rare” I mean something with a survival rate of 100 extant examples or less. Most likely, your typical local coin shop doesn’t have any rare coins. Coin shops calling themselves “Billy Bob’s Rare Coins” kinda gives the wrong impression to the average person that all antique coins are rare. The average person probably thinks their moderately circulated, improperly cleaned Morgan dollar is worth a fortune if they sell it to the “rare coin” dealer down the street. I think the term “antique coin dealer” or “vintage coin dealer” sounds better than “rare coin dealer.” Maybe “Billy Bob’s Rare Coins” should be renamed “Billy Bob’s Vintage Coins &amp; Bullion.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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