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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2473564, member: 19463&quot;]There are way too many ancient coins for anyone to collect them all so people tend to define what it is that makes a coin rare and desirable in their own terms rather than using some agreed upon list like &#039;Red Book&#039;.&nbsp; To many, any coin of a certain ruler is the same as any other since they only want one coin per ruler.&nbsp; Therefore some rulers are &#039;rare&#039; and others are &#039;common&#039;.&nbsp; Specialists recognize rare types from common rulers (or Greek cities) and will pay more for those types.&nbsp; Really deeply into it specialists see minute differences in some of those rare types and may pay more but they are few enough in numbers that the effect on the overall market is relatively small.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I like &#039;rare&#039; coins in the areas I collect but care little about rarities in areas I don&#039;t study to any great degree.&nbsp;&nbsp; Enough people work this way that rarity means something only when all parties agree on a definition of the term.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Example:&nbsp; Philip I is a very common emperor.&nbsp; He has rare and common types.&nbsp; He has popular and boring types.&nbsp; He has scarce and common mints.&nbsp; If you want one coin or a complete set of Philip&#039;s issues, you will differ on which of the coins below is most desirable.&nbsp; I wonder how many different opinions those reading this would have on which is the rare one.&nbsp; Is the rare one the most desirable?&nbsp; Would it sell for more than the others?&nbsp; How many out of a thousand collectors would agree with your answers?&nbsp; How would the answers to these questions be different if the coins were US cents? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]520865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]520866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]520867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]520868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]520869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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