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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2027455, member: 15309&quot;]Who cares?</p><p><br /></p><p>This thread is not about the semantics of the use of the word &quot;rare.&quot; Furthermore, rarity is relative to demand.&nbsp; So while there are over 10,000 graded examples of the issue the population in AU50 is approximately 500/2000.&nbsp; Do you know how many people collect Morgan Dollars?&nbsp; Now compare that with the number of people who collect 1968 Maundy coins which you should only need your fingers and toes to calculate.&nbsp; That is why Maundy coins are worthless and 1889-CC Morgan Dollars are worth big bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I can imagine ways that someone would come into possession of an 1889-CC Morgan Dollar, but knowing the stated story of the seller can help us evaluate whether the coin is stolen, counterfeit etc.&nbsp; Both of your examples involve inheritance, and are therefore one example.&nbsp; Besides, you second scenario makes no sense.&nbsp; A friend inherited it, went through the trouble to have the coin certified, and then decided to unload it cheap to his friend.&nbsp; When you do something like that, come tell us and then we will believe its plausibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>What pains me is people who hijack threads.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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