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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 26799141, member: 105571&quot;][USER=150594]@Barney McRae[/USER] ,I am not aware of an authoritative, current, comprehensive and free source of rarity data.&nbsp; If you are, I would love to hear of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are many sources of fairly reliable data on several U.S. coin issues that meet some or all of the criteria listed below:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Authoritative</p><p>2) Comprehensive but only within the series they deal with.</p><p>3) Current, some more than others but none so old that they are meaningless.</p><p>4) Free and on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a sampling of resources available.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Reich Collectors Society Journal - for bust half dimes, dimes, quarters and half dollars.&nbsp; Older issues of the Journal are available for free on the Newman Numismatic Portal.&nbsp; Look for issues that contain the census surveys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gerry Fortin&#039;s Liberty Seated Dime Attribution Guide - available free at his web site.&nbsp; Contains rarity ratings for every die marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bill Bugert&#039;s Liberty Seated Half Dollar Die Variety books - Everything you&#039;d ever want/need to know including rarity.&nbsp; Available free in PDF at:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" rel="nofollow">http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Twenty Cent coins - Lane Brunner and John Frost book available free at:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" rel="nofollow">http://old.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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