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There is a list of Variety Types here: http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis...ticleId=9805It gives Rarity Levels for some of the varieties. Maybe the print is too small for me, but I have not found their definition for what the different Rarity Level numbers mean. I assume they are referring to the URS (Universal Rarity Scale). Does anyone know if that is correct?  |
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Pete, I don't know if that scale on PCGS is the same one in use on the variety sites, but that is all I could find on the subject, maybe Coop or someone else will have more info for you. Anyway, the second link is for James Wiles site, and it's cool to look at!
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07/15/2015 10:45 am
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Thanks, kakaratt77 - those are helpful sites, but I am still not sure how to answer my question.
It may not be related to the URS. Their terminology is more similar to the terminology in: U S Coin Digest by Harper and Miller. This book has a list and classification of Varieties more similar to that in the link I gave. It is more extensive and detailed. In The book there is a definition of Rarity levels which is similar to the Numismaster site and simpler than the URS listed on PCGS.
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07/15/2015 11:51 am
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Oh ok Pete, sorry I couldn't help more, I'll keep an eye on this post to see what others post for you.
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Pete226, Don't have an answer to your question. Text is small on that link. Thought I'd share keyboard shortcut(s) you may or may not already know.
Should work on a standard desktop and laptop. Not sure about mobile devices.
Press keys together
ctrl and + enlarges screen.
ctrl and - reduces screen
ctrl and 0 sets back to original
Thanks, Doug.
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Considering non of the levels go past 8 and considering the very low levels are for coins of little or no value, my guess would be it's the Sheldon Rarity scale. (Also almost no one uses the URS.)
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07/15/2015 12:36 pm
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Are you referring to the Adams-Woodin or Sheldon rarity scales perhaps? I am familiar with Sheldon, but not Adams-Woodin. (Thank you for that reference). The URS is a different scale and is quite widely used (or maybe not!). It is a Geometric Progression. (For example it is used in: Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins by Q. David Bowers). I think the site in question in my OP uses none of these. I cited a Book which appears to use the same scale (with 7 Levels), but doesn't give any clues as to its origin! Edited by Pete2226
07/15/2015 2:35 pm
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I just compared my Sheldon to the Coin Digest I mentioned and the 2 have the same levels and descriptions, but define the number of coins in each rarity level differently. Being unable to find such definition in the Numismaster website I mentioned probably means there is no answer to the question! Thanks everyone for trying! Maybe I will end up finding the definition somewhere on the site anyway!   |
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Thanks Halo1st! Neat!
Computers are still a mystery to me - - I used a Slide Rule in college!
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One more comment about the URS: Pierre Fricke in Collecting Confederate Paper Money uses a scale quite similar to the URS, in that it gives better recognition to truly rare items. It is ordered differently, of course, but is appealing to me (as is the URS) because of that better recognition for items of greater rarity.
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That's okay Pete, Slide Rules are still a mystery to me. We used Walnuts in the Little Red School House.
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