I'm curious if there's a list somewhere out there that lists FB rarity by year/mm? I've been searching all night, but have been unable to find anything to that effect.
The bands were a maybe for me too... maybe rebuilt with metal in a PCI holder. It honestly looks like its fried from dipping.
You're just not looking in the right place. Whenever you want to judge the rarity of something, all you have to do is look at the realized prices. The higher the price, the higher the degree of rarity.