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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2446622, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is a best answer!&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how long you have been a member here but I have noticed that some posters in particular are deep thinking philosophers.&nbsp; No matter what your answer, they&#039;ll come up with another &quot;What If&quot; or &quot;Why&quot; to further suck others into the fog of ideas that usually have no direct answer like &quot;What color is the sky?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>On the plus side, the posts are both entertaining and serious.&nbsp; It&#039;s also interesting to see how far they can run up a page count.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, every KNOWLEDGEABLE, intelligent numismatist could define RARE as it applies to numismatics in one sentence. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The problem comes when a philosopher tries to cloud a simple, easily determined definition with all sorts of rubbish.&nbsp; For example: &quot;What color is the sky?&quot; I can tell you when we consider the time of year, the time of day, the weather, our color acuity, the position of Mars, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS I shall not add my definition of <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">rare</span> here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> as this thread is too much <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and I&#039;m learning a lot of the &quot;fluff&quot; that most never consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I will challenge [USER=69760]@iPen[/USER] to do one thing for the members who have posted here.&nbsp; When this thread runs its course, I challenge you to answer your own question in a very concise complex sentence that could be published in a dictionary of numismatics.&nbsp; Are you up for the challenge?</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I will add my definition and hope others here do the same.&nbsp; Bet we&#039;ll come up with something great!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Until then, I&#039;m <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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