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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1221944, member: 26302&quot;]You are right of course, in my mind I kind of commingle popularity with scarcity together. Kind of &quot;market scarcity&quot; if you will, all meaning on the market how much of a premium does a coin demand over common based upon true scarcity or popularity. makes it easier for me, but I do know the two things are distinct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Winged, one thing that will be much different that US coins is rarity. You really can find coins that only a few exist for little money. Rarity is so common in ancients we don&#039;t get too worked up about it. I was looking for a coin described as &quot;scarce&quot; for two years once. No, not trying to find one I liked, just trying to find one at all, anywhere in the world, for sale. I searched two CICF shows, all the major European auctions and dealers, CNG, Vcoins, nothing. Finally found it on some little homemade website for sale. This is common, not like US collecting where if you want about any coin you can have it, in almost any grade, its just matter of price. Here, its not really price but being able to even find it available in any grade. A friend of mine is looking for an admittedly rarish coin, and he has been looking for 18 years, and has 5 international dealers looking for him. So far no luck, the last one he found for sale was sold in 1976.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its part of the appeal to me really. It teaches patience, something otherwise I do not have a lot of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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