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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 708159, member: 16510&quot;]Let&#039;s have a group <b>chat/study/contest</b> about what&#039;s a rare U.S.coin???</p><p><u>I mean what&#039;s really a rare coin, your 10 top picks and why you think they are rare.</u></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Guildlines:</p><p>1. No varieites, period.</p><p>2. All coins between 1840 and 1940, (there are too many before 1840 and not one after 1940!).</p><p>3. No gold, (it&#039;s value is over-influenced).</p><p>4. No &quot;TOP POPs or grade rarities, (that&#039;s a made up market!).</p><p>5. No overdates, underdates, around dates, DDO&#039;s, MDD&#039;s, OMMS, possitivily no varieties at all!.</p><p>6. <i>The coins picked have to be the ones less often seen at shops and shows, (example a 1916-D dime is common at any show, so is 1932-D&amp;S Quarters, there common as the day is long, availible in any grade.) - What we are looking for is Rare U.S. Coins.</i></p><p>7. The coin must have mintage above 15,000, we are looking for rare but possible to obtain. not a mintage of 3 pieces.</p><p>7. You may only select 1 coin from each series, for instance: only 1 Barber dime, you can have many dimes but only one Barber Dime,&nbsp; you can have a Barber Quarter but only 1 -&nbsp; get it?</p><p>8. You must support your list with facts researched by you.</p><p>9. I do not care about Third Party Grading at all - this is about rare coins not plastic.</p><p>10. If something happens to my computer (it has went down 5 times this year) as soon as I get it working I will award the prize.</p><p>11. I decide based on originality and original thought expressed who wins - if you copy the Red Book I will know, you will not win.</p><p>12. The contest goes from now Sat. 3 pm. 10-10-09 to 10-16-09 3<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />m.</p><p><b>The prize is a very nice note, see below, hint, hint, (but it ain&#039;t rare)!!!</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You may already know where I&#039;m going with this and what I&#039;d like to see if not here it is:&nbsp; Most rare coins (coins we regularly think of as rare) are not rare at all - they maybe expensive but they are not really rare.&nbsp; It takes, <b>(it did for me anyway) to learn that you can &quot;pass&quot; on 99% of all coins</b> and get them cheaper at some point down the road, ie: (there aint no rush to get em!.) But mostly: <b>to help the CoinTalk members really learn what U.S. coins with these parameters are truly rare and why</b> - it may shock some of you to even be able to complete the list if you follow the rules to the letter - at the very worst this will force some to study the series keys.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>The prize for the best, most thought out and researched list and responce IMO will get a gem crisp 2003 $2 &quot;J&quot; Star Note with the serial number 00003824*!!!.</b></p><p><b>Go,,,</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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