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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 12853, member: 112"]This is the whole point I was trying to make. Morgans, Lincolns, Mercs, Buffs - you name it. They are <u>all</u> " exceedingly common coins." Granted there are some examples from certain mints and in certain years that are not exceedingly common. But neither are they rare - they are not even scarce. The only time that any of these coins can even come close to being considered scarce is with condition rarities. </p><p><br /></p><p>Which of course brings me back to my primary point that there is absolutley no difference when it comes to condition raitites between older & modern coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will agree with your comments except in regard to the grades you mentioned. Even for modern circulation type coins - examples in MS68 & 69 are exceedingly rare. Examples in MS66 are common - no doubt. In MS67 they become more difficult to find but they are not rare. I will readily admit that finding older coins in MS66 or 67 is not as easy as it with moderns. But it is by no means difficult in a general sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example let's look at Bust Half dollars. There have been, at my last count, over 50,000 of them that have been graded AU50 and above. I don't care what rarity scale you use - that's as common as they get.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way - I do agree about the market <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 12853, member: 112"]This is the whole point I was trying to make. Morgans, Lincolns, Mercs, Buffs - you name it. They are [U]all[/U] " exceedingly common coins." Granted there are some examples from certain mints and in certain years that are not exceedingly common. But neither are they rare - they are not even scarce. The only time that any of these coins can even come close to being considered scarce is with condition rarities. Which of course brings me back to my primary point that there is absolutley no difference when it comes to condition raitites between older & modern coins. I will agree with your comments except in regard to the grades you mentioned. Even for modern circulation type coins - examples in MS68 & 69 are exceedingly rare. Examples in MS66 are common - no doubt. In MS67 they become more difficult to find but they are not rare. I will readily admit that finding older coins in MS66 or 67 is not as easy as it with moderns. But it is by no means difficult in a general sense. As an example let's look at Bust Half dollars. There have been, at my last count, over 50,000 of them that have been graded AU50 and above. I don't care what rarity scale you use - that's as common as they get. By the way - I do agree about the market ;)[/QUOTE]
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