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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2445036, member: 78153&quot;]The definition you are attempting to use turns the concept of rarity on its head. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing is rare simply because many people would like to buy it but cannot afford it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rarity is not a function of demand, but supply.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using any reasonable common sense if imprecise definition, no coin which can be bought on demand can remotely be considered rare, such as your hypothetical with the 2017 ASE.&nbsp; Even under your concept, except under the most arbitrary of assumptions, anyone who wants one will be able to buy it.&nbsp; They will just have to pay more.</p><p><br /></p><p>US collectors have a habit of exaggerating supposed &quot;rarity&quot; more than any others in the world, literally.&nbsp; The most logical reason for it is that since most US coins are actually common to extremely common, they find it necessary to exaggerate the merits of what they collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why rarity based upon the TPG grade or some other specialization is considered significant.&nbsp; This includes die varieties (even when single date/MM combinations have dozens, hundreds and possibly thousands) and full strikes (such as FS nickels).</p><p><br /></p><p>I find the concept of relative rarity the most useful, because it is the most objective.&nbsp; The one I use when evaluating rarity is the Judd scale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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