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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 2409293, member: 76965&quot;]Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the rarity issue, I think it is a more subjective matter since no one really knows how many units of any year survived. I guess one could only count those coins that were graded or held in well known collections. Look at the 1894 Rouble. Many experts say only 3007 were ever minted but they turn up VERY regularly for sale. Agreed many are fakes but there are also many that are graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subsequent opinion suggests that they continued to be minted in 1895 as well but with 1894 date till the 1895 dies were available, and possibly several million 1894 roubles were minted in 1895. I take the view that if a coin is from a known small mintage run and seldom comes up for sale or auction then it is rare and worth collecting. Rather simplistic but effective.</p><p><br /></p><p>A real world example of this is that although the 1859 Ansell is listed as a rare and desirable coin, in actual fact the 1841 or 1839 are harder to find and command a much higher price.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW I find this a fairly accurate, handy and quick, if somewhat basic, reference guide:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/Sovmintage.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/Sovmintage.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/Sovmintage.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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