jlueke Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Here's what I'm using these days as I get better organized. Perhaps availability scale might be a better term. Common - You can always buy one Uncommon - Are available at most major shows, and come up regularly for sale Scarce - 2-5 specimens are typically sold each year Rare - One specimen every one to five years Very Rare - Less than rare < 10 known - Speaks for itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Common - You can always buy oneUncommon - Are available at most major shows, and come up regularly for sale Scarce - 2-5 specimens are typically sold each year There are some notes and coins I've needed recently that fall somewhere between Uncommon and Scarce according to your scale. Think of something that you can't find at major shows most of the time. Maybe 1 out of 4 or 5 major shows a year. But that's still more common than scarce because there may be a few dozen major shows across the country and others may have examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 With ancients it seems like between the auctions which are online, and vcoins, you see a very large percentage of the available stock virtually. I know with medals it's a lot more coin show or ebay, so it's harder to know how many show up in a given year. Of course, any scale is somewhat arbitrary. I just thought for my own sake I'd verbalize what I mean when I use these terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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