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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1083094, member: 66&quot;]I have some Conder tokens that would be R-6 or better, up to two R-8&#039;s.&nbsp; In the US I have a lot of R-5+ and R-5&#039;s (45 of them)&nbsp; but only two R-6&#039;s.&nbsp; In the large cents except for the NC&#039;s there aren&#039;t very many R-6 coins left.&nbsp; Most of them have been reduced to R-5+ or R-5.&nbsp; My two R-6&#039;s are a 1797 S-121a and an 1802 NC-2.&nbsp; There are about 20 of each of them known now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No the scale is right, the 1856 FE cent, SVDB, and a 2005-D cent would all be considered R-1 very common, in fact the SVDB and 2005-D cents would be R-1-.&nbsp; Do not confuse value with rarity, the two are only very loosely connected.&nbsp; Value is strongly connected to demand.&nbsp; Take the SVDB, this is truly a very common coin.&nbsp; If you want one you can pick up a coin magazine, call up a dealer, go to ebay, and have several to choose from.&nbsp; Go to even a small coin show and you will probably find several of them.&nbsp; Go to a LARGE show and you could probably put together a a few rolls of them.&nbsp; I seriously believe that if price was not a concern you could probably assemble a bag of them in a month.&nbsp; That&#039;s a 5000 coin bag.&nbsp; It&#039;s common.&nbsp; But there are a LOT of collectors of Lincoln cents and everyone wants one.&nbsp; That means a high demand and therefor a high price for a common coin.&nbsp; The 1856 FE cent is much rarer than the SVDB, but it is still relatively available.&nbsp; You probably won&#039;t find one at a small show, but you might find a dozen at a large one.&nbsp; They come up for auction all the time.&nbsp; But even though it IS much rarer than the SVDB it doesn&#039;t sell for a multiple equal to that rarity.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because there is a much smaller collector base that wants one or needs one for their collection.&nbsp; That lower demand&nbsp; keeps the price from skyrocketing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the high rarity large cents that we talk about&nbsp; are just that, rare.&nbsp; But the number of collectors that are chasing them is actually very small.&nbsp; The number of SERIOUS collectors of early date large cents by variety probably numbers around 200 people (out of maybe 600 or so total early date collectors).&nbsp; This is why an R-4 coin with 200 known really doesn&#039;t bring much if any premium.&nbsp; There are enough of them available for everyone who really wants one to have it, and they show up often enough that you don&#039;t have to bid high on one because another WILL come along.&nbsp; In any case it is demand not rarity that drives the value.</p><p><br /></p><p>After you have collected early date large cents for awhile though rarity starts to make a difference to you. Whenever I have to choose between several coins, I will tend to rank rarity higher than condition or value.&nbsp; I will buy a lower grade rarer coin over a higher grade more common piece if the prices are the same or close.&nbsp; After all I will have more chances at the common coin again.&nbsp; I may never see the rare one again.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want a rarity scale that will separate coins like the three you mention into different rarity levels do a google search for Universal Rarity Scale&nbsp; (URS). It provides a LOT more levels[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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