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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2575176, member: 19463&quot;]We are all competing for a set number of coins.&nbsp; When there are thousands of coins of similar type, there is no problem.&nbsp; When we want things that do not exist in the market very often, it does.&nbsp; Martin and I collect denarii of Septimius Severus.&nbsp; We each hope to find not just rare things but things that we did not know existed.&nbsp; If that were the only thing I collected, it would be unlikely that either of us would be a good customer of the other were we to become dealers.&nbsp; &nbsp; Were we to become dealers, I would not likely find treasures hidden in his list nor he in mine.&nbsp; Since we are not dealers, this is not a problem and we can show each other treasures the other would love to have.&nbsp; He has several I hope someday to find a second. </p><p><br /></p><p>Price bracket means little in this context.&nbsp; A one of a kind item I&#039;d love to have is as likely to be $10 as $10k; as likely to be VG as EF.&nbsp; &nbsp; When there is one of something and one person who cares, price is likely the same for the rarity as for a common in the same grade.&nbsp; If a coin exists in enough specimens that you can be picky about grade, it is not so much rare as much as it is high demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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