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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2011736, member: 29751"]Non circulating legal tender (i.e., bullion disguised as a coin for 200-400% [or more] mark-up).  Though, I have to admit, I will occasionally purchase one of these if the design is cool enough (by my standards). Die pairings -- these have always seemed to be a marketing and hype ploy to over-exaggerate the "rarity" of certain coins.  A common coin, readily available suddenly gets advertised as R-5, rare die pairing...yaddie yaddie...doesn't float my boat.  To each his/her own.  For me to get excited about a "rarity" it actually needs to be a different design, not just a slightly misplaced date or a certain die crack/die state.  Zzzzzzzzz..... "Rare" coins that aren't rare at all --  If a coin was minted in a quantity larger (or survives in a quantity larger) than 100 or 200, then it isn't rare.  It's potentially scarce, or conditionally (grade-based) rare -- but please, stop using the word "rare" for coins minted in quantities of 10,000 (or 50,000) and all survivors are in proof 69/70 or MS69/70 state of preservation.  It's okay to collect these types of coins, and to even pay a premium, but they simply are not rare. The list could go on, but these are a good start...[/QUOTE]