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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TommyP, post: 2633728, member: 80814&quot;]Alright. You all win. I can see validity in what you say. I suppose you&#039;re right that no matter how rare something is, if nobody wants it then no value. I guess I get that. I think I&#039;d agree with one being in a better position to sell something rare simply because there is only x number of that rarity. My point is that you can&#039;t manufacture rarity simply out of demand. I may want my particular collection of widgets to be more valuable but not possible simply because three is demand for it when you can simply manufacture more of said object. To me, if only x number of things are available, then it&#039;s more likely (although not guaranteed) that said object may become rare someday. If you can simply produce more of something then how does it become more valuable in the long term is the point I guess I&#039;m deferring to. Mood ring or pet rocks for example I guess could be considered rare now but&nbsp; of little (if any) value today. Point taken. I guess I believe in &#039;sleepers&#039; in coins. What actually drives demands can be a bit tricky I understand but, if 1909s-vdbs are only x number in production (as an example) then I can easily see why it would become more and more valuable. Just like I don&#039;t understand why certain mintages are NOT rare when it seems that they ought to be. 100 years from now we find out that 1938s Jefferson nickels were relatively rare all along but despite their relatively low mintage numbers, nobody deemed them as rare for some reason. Granted Jefferson nickels aren&#039;t a super popular thing to collect in general but years from now, who knows? I guess that&#039;s what I&#039;m driving at. There are only x number of them and more cannot be produced. To me, things like that seem inevitably bound to rise in value if you&#039;re very patient. I may be dead by the time they&#039;re valuable but my guess is they&#039;re likely to one day become more valuable. Understand? This was fun (and I still believe I&#039;m right despite being outclassed in expert knowledge). You can&#039;t produce rarity and hence, you can&#039;t produce demand in the long run. This seeks logical despite me not being able to articulate it completely. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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