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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2445461, member: 78153&quot;]Most collectors agree that coins with a certain number of survivors are absolutely rare.&nbsp; An example being the 1817/4 in your series which I recall as having nine known.&nbsp; However, the cut-off point is still subjective and arbitrary.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I define 20 or less as rare, will others agree to it?&nbsp; Maybe or maybe not.&nbsp; How about 100? 1000?&nbsp; Hence the concept of relative rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Relative rarity does not mean that a coin is rare or &quot;rare&quot;, just that it is scarcer or more common than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I concur with you on the demand side though.&nbsp; I incorporated into my third of three definitions but this isn&#039;t how the consensus sees it to my knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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