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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 208081, member: 6036"]On one hand, it's more like an advertising term. It's certainly not well defined. On the other hand, it does have some usefulness. Let's say you have a favorite series in mind - for me, it's $10 Indians. There are two dates which are by far the most common - 1926 and 1932. That's the lowest "tier" of dates for this series ... "entry level", if you will. After them, there is a "second tier" of dates which have much lower mintages (and TPG census, which gives a rough idea of how many survived). Those dates are 1910, 1910-D, 1911, and a few others. To me, these are the "better dates" - they have much less mintage for only about 10% more money. Many think they are a better buy. One can keep arbitrarily grouping dates into tiers of increasing rarity, until one gets to key dates like the 1920-S and 1933, which tend to stand on their own. In any event, "better date" doesn't mean much. It's just saying a given date is not one of the really common dates.[/QUOTE]