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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2408321, member: 19463&quot;]Every so often this question comes up and send me researching.&nbsp; This time I happened upon a listing for a second specimen of a coin I previously fantasized might be unique so now I&#039;m downgraded to one of two leaving me with one fewer coin that may be unique.&nbsp; Part of me wants to buy it (but not destroy it so mine will be alone again) but the seller knows what it is (bummer!). </p><p><br /></p><p>The rarest coin is one that does not exist.&nbsp; There are coins that were known to exist before WWII but have not been seen since.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure many coins were destroyed in the bombings and stolen (anyone seen the movie <u>Monument Men</u>?).&nbsp; How many were the last of their kind?&nbsp; When I first started, someone told me that the only aureus of Pescennius Niger was one that was destroyed but recently years have seen some come to light.&nbsp; The rarest coin, then, is the one discovered tomorrow that does not exist (above ground) today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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