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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2410532, member: 39084&quot;]Doug&#039;s question/observation regarding rarity mirrors my own thoughts about this topic. </p><p><br /></p><p>While it doesn&#039;t diminish my interest in the coins and descriptions shown in this thread, most of the rarity of the coins in this thread is attributable to specific features and devices that <i>per se</i> do not really increase the coin&#039;s historical or other significance. </p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs to me that this dovetails somewhat with another thread that wondered why more modern coins that are more plentiful are worth more and are more highly collected than ancient coins.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s due to the somewhat daunting task of understanding the historical positioning and significance of ancient coins, since ancients are so varied in their design, artistic quality, and condition, as opposed to machine-struck coins that vary much less in appearance, thus simplifying the amount of knowledge required on the part of the collector and making it easier for him/her to enter into collecting modern coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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