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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3081988, member: 26302&quot;]Very true, especially in series like US coins. A 1916D dime is not a rare coins by any definition. Its downright common compared to most coins in the world struck over the last 2500 years. It is only in regard to other mercury dimes can it be called scarcish. However, US numismatics has labelled it &quot;key&quot;, and this designation someone makes it a more &quot;special&quot; coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the reasons I left US coin collecting actually, catastrophically expensive &quot;keys&quot;, but the pressure to buy one. Now I buy what strikes my fancy. Personally, I believe US &quot;key&quot; coins to be the most overvalued and risky of all numismatic purchases. I simply do not see the date and MM collectors trying to complete sets as much. Most &quot;key&quot; US coins are expensive because they are &quot;key&quot; and not really any collector demand. To me, that is a dangerous place to be, in the greater fool theory of &quot;investing&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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