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<p>[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 26106273, member: 111388"]Just a topic I was thinking a bit about. My decision to post this came after seeing the 1907 High Relif double eagle being called "the most expensive common coin in the world" by Johmiliton on here </p><p><br /></p><p> Commonly we will hear people call common date Morgan dollars "rare coins" which they are not even if they are still very cool. The term get used far too liberally. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even a 1893-S is a coin you can find rather quickly if you have the cash </p><p><br /></p><p>F Personally I own a fair number of coins and I would only consider my Ottawa Specimen Sovereign to be rare and even then I might argue the 1908-C isn't quite rare with it mintage of 636 and a few auction appearance a year. </p><p><br /></p><p>my 1909-C specimen with 10 exsamples certified between the 2 major services and "The Gold Sovereign" estimating number in the dozens range is unquestionably a rare coin it's a little funny that got it by throwing a low bid because I wanted a specimen </p><p><br /></p><p>and of course because "This Thread is worthless without pictures"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1664650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1664651[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 26106273, member: 111388"]Just a topic I was thinking a bit about. My decision to post this came after seeing the 1907 High Relif double eagle being called "the most expensive common coin in the world" by Johmiliton on here Commonly we will hear people call common date Morgan dollars "rare coins" which they are not even if they are still very cool. The term get used far too liberally. Even a 1893-S is a coin you can find rather quickly if you have the cash F Personally I own a fair number of coins and I would only consider my Ottawa Specimen Sovereign to be rare and even then I might argue the 1908-C isn't quite rare with it mintage of 636 and a few auction appearance a year. my 1909-C specimen with 10 exsamples certified between the 2 major services and "The Gold Sovereign" estimating number in the dozens range is unquestionably a rare coin it's a little funny that got it by throwing a low bid because I wanted a specimen and of course because "This Thread is worthless without pictures" [ATTACH=full]1664650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1664651[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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