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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1300644, member: 22729&quot;]I can&#039;t help you with the rarity numbers for medals Chris, but surely they would have to be rated differently than coins are. If only 500 were minted of a certain issue and another, different medal had a mintage of 5,000 then the former would have to be considered rare or nearly so. I suppose someone could come up with a formula comparing &quot;apples and oranges&quot; but I don&#039;t know how relavent or acceptable to collectors it would be. I suppose the only legitimate R-factor rating would have to be a comparison of the same medal, but one issued as a series over a certain period of time. At least that way, you&#039;re comparing similar pieces. I&#039;ve come up with an informal rating system that I use when comparing counterstamps to one another. If I can find more than 15/20 documented examples of a counterstamp, I consider it fairly common. As in medals, there are no formal published ratings (as far as I know ) so I make up my own based on experience.</p><p>That&#039;s a great question you posed Chris. I don&#039;t know if my answer makes any sense or not though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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