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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3493541, member: 19463"]AJ brings up another good sign of rarity: dies. If all known coins of a given type were struck from a single die set, the coin is probably very rare. If it is next to impossible to find two coins from the same die even when you have many coins, the type is probably more common. There are exceptions to this rule but it is usually pretty reliable. Frequently Martin and I post our examples of rare Septimius denarii. Note how often our two coins share the same dies. Below are my five examples of a rare Septimius Legionary (LEG XXII PRI). They share the obverse die and have two different reverses. I am aware of one other die for each side that I do not have. This is a good hint that it is not common. If you have five (or 50 or 500) coins of the same type but none share either die, the coin is not super rare. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]924933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3493541, member: 19463"]AJ brings up another good sign of rarity: dies. If all known coins of a given type were struck from a single die set, the coin is probably very rare. If it is next to impossible to find two coins from the same die even when you have many coins, the type is probably more common. There are exceptions to this rule but it is usually pretty reliable. Frequently Martin and I post our examples of rare Septimius denarii. Note how often our two coins share the same dies. Below are my five examples of a rare Septimius Legionary (LEG XXII PRI). They share the obverse die and have two different reverses. I am aware of one other die for each side that I do not have. This is a good hint that it is not common. If you have five (or 50 or 500) coins of the same type but none share either die, the coin is not super rare. [ATTACH=full]924933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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