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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3493197, member: 99456"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] - I like the question, and I will be curious to read other perspectives. As I tend to buy relatively inexpensive coins (mostly Roman republican denarii and Parthian drachms), and prefer them to be in fairly good condition, most of the coins I have qualify as relatively "common", or are perhaps unique like this one only for it's unusual strike error:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-180-obverse-double-strike.334853/#post-3409516" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-180-obverse-double-strike.334853/#post-3409516">[ATTACH=full]924727[/ATTACH]</a></p><p>This coin gets a (2) "very common" in Sydenham.</p><p><br /></p><p>or unique as in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/">this "plate coin"</a> from Shore:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/">[ATTACH=full]924746[/ATTACH]</a></p><p>My first interest is in the connection to interesting stories and history, so rarity also not a major factor for me - which doesn't mean I am not pleased to find out that a coin I have is scarce or unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most often I think more about "rare" in terms of supply and demand and my ability to buy a coin in a condition that interests me rather than having any perspective on the number minted or number in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>How many results I get in <a href="https://www.acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info" rel="nofollow">acssearch</a> (or other databases) is my other most used reference on "rarity" or "availability" - where I consider the number of search results gives me some relative feeling for how many are out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3493197, member: 99456"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] - I like the question, and I will be curious to read other perspectives. As I tend to buy relatively inexpensive coins (mostly Roman republican denarii and Parthian drachms), and prefer them to be in fairly good condition, most of the coins I have qualify as relatively "common", or are perhaps unique like this one only for it's unusual strike error: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-180-obverse-double-strike.334853/#post-3409516'][ATTACH=full]924727[/ATTACH][/URL] This coin gets a (2) "very common" in Sydenham. or unique as in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/']this "plate coin"[/URL] from Shore: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/phraataces-shore-317-this-coin.334604/'][ATTACH=full]924746[/ATTACH][/URL] My first interest is in the connection to interesting stories and history, so rarity also not a major factor for me - which doesn't mean I am not pleased to find out that a coin I have is scarce or unusual. Most often I think more about "rare" in terms of supply and demand and my ability to buy a coin in a condition that interests me rather than having any perspective on the number minted or number in the market. How many results I get in [URL='https://www.acsearch.info']acssearch[/URL] (or other databases) is my other most used reference on "rarity" or "availability" - where I consider the number of search results gives me some relative feeling for how many are out there.[/QUOTE]
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