Posted 08/11/2008 10:35 pm
Hi,
Just keep a few things in mind in order to keep these in their proper perspective.
On Half Cents, large cents, Flying Eagle cents and Indian Head cents, rotated dies are much more common than they would be on modern coinage. Consequently, they are rotated dies but they would not be worth what a modern coin with a rotated die would be.
The next thing is the concept of a rarity scale. It doesn't mean anything:-)
All it means is that very few people who keep lists have a clue what very few people have reported to them.
I have coins here that blow rarity scales to bits, for example if people out there knew how many I had.
In another example, there is a well known Lincoln Cent die variety that is said to be rare, yet it is known amongst a few select people that someone is sitting on a hoard of that particular "rare" variety.
So rarity scales, and population reports mean diddly followed by a fair dose of squat. They can change in an hour.
I'm not trying to burst any bubbles but I am trying to educate folks as to the facts about certain series of coins, and rarity scales.
Thanks,
Bill
Just keep a few things in mind in order to keep these in their proper perspective.
On Half Cents, large cents, Flying Eagle cents and Indian Head cents, rotated dies are much more common than they would be on modern coinage. Consequently, they are rotated dies but they would not be worth what a modern coin with a rotated die would be.
The next thing is the concept of a rarity scale. It doesn't mean anything:-)
All it means is that very few people who keep lists have a clue what very few people have reported to them.
I have coins here that blow rarity scales to bits, for example if people out there knew how many I had.
In another example, there is a well known Lincoln Cent die variety that is said to be rare, yet it is known amongst a few select people that someone is sitting on a hoard of that particular "rare" variety.
So rarity scales, and population reports mean diddly followed by a fair dose of squat. They can change in an hour.
I'm not trying to burst any bubbles but I am trying to educate folks as to the facts about certain series of coins, and rarity scales.
Thanks,
Bill
