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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1759760, member: 29751&quot;]In my opinion, rarity is independent of how much it cost for an example.&nbsp; The &#039;09-S VDB cent is not rare at all, regardless of how much an example costs.&nbsp; ANY coin show will have multiple examples for sale and, likely, an example or two in decently high MS grade.&nbsp; The fact that it will cost you a few thousand dollars to purchase in MS grade doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s rare, it simply means it is expensive.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Conversely, truly rare coins are not necessarily expensive.&nbsp; I define rarity based on how easy or difficult it is to find an example at a &quot;usual&quot; coin show or something of the sorts.&nbsp; I have dozens of non-USA coins with mintages less than or around 1,000 pieces.&nbsp; These are coins that, until recently with the ability to find them online, I would have never seen at coin shows.&nbsp; But, their scarceness alone doesn&#039;t make them expensive.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>People too often equate the concepts of rarity and price.&nbsp; RARITY is the supply-side of a coin (how many coins there are to go around).&nbsp; POPULARITY (or number of collectors seeking an example) is the demand-side of a coin.&nbsp; Price is a combination of both ingredients: if supply is low, and demand is high, then the price will be commensurately high.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Remember, price is a combination of BOTH issues, not equal to RARITY.&nbsp; In the case of the &#039;09-S VDB, the popularity is disproportionately high pushing up the price, but if you have the $$$ you can easily find a coin.&nbsp; By contrast, for a truly rare coin, all examples may be tucked away in collections and off the market, and no amount of money will make the <u>mintage</u> increase. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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