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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2445491, member: 112&quot;]You know what the problem is with trying to define rare ? This thread is a perfect example of it - &quot;everybody&quot; (used loosely) wants to use their own personal definitions. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well that isn&#039;t how definitions work, even the word definition - has a definition. A definition is something that has been previously established and accepted, by others, and listed in the dictionary. And for the purposes of numismatics our dictionaries for defining &quot;rare&quot; have already been established and accepted in the various rarity scales. And there are many rarity scales, some of them very specialized and only used with specific coins. Others cover larger groups such as US coins or British coins or French coins, some even cover tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the point is these rarity scales have been established, and accepted as the industry standard for defining rarity. </p><p><br /></p><p>By choosing to use your own, personal definition you throw industry standards to the wind, you throw dictionaries to the wind. And why ? Because the definition you choose has personal meaning to you and it suits your personal needs and/or desires - instead of what really is. And it&#039;s usually because you don&#039;t want to believe the truth, you just want it to be what you want it to be. In other words, if you want to believe your coin is rare, you simply change the definition of rare so that you can believe your coin is rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I ask you - is it really that easy to fool yourself ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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