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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 26582539, member: 19165&quot;]I think in the previous Great Melts, many rare coins were melted because people didn&#039;t understand the rarity. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d really like to think that today, rare dates aren&#039;t getting melted. I&#039;m sure a few are, but I&#039;d hope that anyone sending it in would at least check. Depends on the quantity, of course. </p><p><br /></p><p>In today&#039;s age of information, the scarcity of a coin is pretty easy to determine. It is largely based on auction appearances... if I can find the coin I want in the grade and condition I want and it appears in major auctions at the rate of a few per year... it is scarce but not rare. If I do an Ebay search and there are dozens... not rare at all... If I see one or two per year... rare. If I haven&#039;t seen one at auction for a couple years... really rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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