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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Irish2Ice, post: 1365026, member: 28761&quot;]That&#039;s absolutely incorrect Doug.&nbsp; If those same 100 coins were made but given to mint employee&#039;s or management, that does not mean they were released into circulation.&nbsp; Exactly opposite is true.&nbsp; That&#039;s like saying the 1933 Saint Gaudens that were deemed stolen were released into circulation.&nbsp; Or even the 25th Anniversary Eagles were released into circulation......The consumer &quot;could&quot; release them into circulation, but the US Mint did not. Considering that &quot;released into circulation&quot; completely takes the intended purpose of the issue out of context of how it was intended.&nbsp; In my mind, NIFC does not mean released into circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning the topic of &quot;rare&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking beyond the common Websters definition, not making up my own definition.&nbsp; The Websters definitions applicable to this discussion are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>2</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<i>a</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>:</b> marked by unusual quality, merit, or appeal <b>:</b> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distinctive" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distinctive" rel="nofollow">distinctive</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; <i>b</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>:</b> superlative or extreme of its kind </p><p><br /></p><p>3</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>:</b> seldom occurring or found <b>:</b> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncommon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncommon" rel="nofollow">uncommon</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The way I read this, I see more adjectives for unique than I do quantity.&nbsp; The words &quot;merit or appeal&quot; would prove your definition incorrect in that quantity does not mean rare if no one wants it....Which was my point.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will also concede that the #3 definition could be viewed as quantity, but &quot;seldom found&quot; does not necessarily mean &quot;few&quot;.&nbsp; I roll search a LOT of coins, but I have &quot;seldom found&quot; ie..never found MANY coins that I would not deem as rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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