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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sundance79, post: 2864904, member: 84413&quot;]I hate to break the news to you, but just because something it is rare, doesn’t make it valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are tons of examples of this in everything from cars to antiques, and yes even coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s just one non-coin example. The are lots of models of old cars where a six-cylinder engine model is rarer than the eight-cylinder model, but the eight-cylinder model is far more valuable because people demand the car with the bigger engine.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are lots of one-off error coins that just aren’t worth a lot. While extremely rare (you can’t get much more extraordinary than the one-and-only of something), if people just don’t care about owning it, it won’t be worth a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1955 double die penny is a good example. It is a bit of a celebrity coin. There are quite a few running around, but the demand is very high for it, hence the high price (value).</p><p><br /></p><p>So while you may be able to claim the right of discovery, that plus your coin probably won’t buy you a cup of coffee. But I could be wrong. That’s a big part of what makes collecting so much fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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