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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SanMiguel, post: 204709, member: 3379&quot;]even though printing numbers are available, i don&#039;t think a rarity scale exists for modern general issues. i&#039;ve seen one for certain banknote types, like U.S. errors, web press notes, and world polymer, but nothing for&nbsp; regular issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>take the ebay test. browse the &quot;Paper Money: World&quot; category. if a banknote appears more than 5 times from 5 different dealers, it&#039;s not very rare. those tiny hong kong cents, old issues from brazil, argentina, and peru, iraqi dinars...all those come to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>also look at the prices. it isn&#039;t fool proof, since some people charge unreasonably high prices, but if something starts low and ends low...it&#039;s not very rare. a lot of people browse through ebay, and even though some rarities slip through, it&#039;s usually because those rarities are so obscure people don&#039;t know to bid on them. but a lot of collectors and dealers scour the listings for good deals. keep that in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>also, compare the prices. the bahraini 20 dinar unauthorized issue (P-16) is listed 8 different times by 8 different dealers right now. twice for $9.99, and once for 11.50, 13.99,14.75, 19.99, 26.00, and <b>58.50</b>. given the tips above we can assume this note is not very rare, and that it&#039;s value is closer to $10.00 than it is to $60.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>but the surest way to tell apart rarities from common notes: experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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