What is so 'Extremely Rare' about the 1953 2+A

[Master Jmd 80]

i would just like to know; What is so 'Extremely Rare' about the 1953 2+A farthing?

[Emperor Oli 0]

Like all other numismatic rarities, it's down to mintage. All the others were minted more than 2+A.

[Master Jmd 80]

Like all other numismatic rarities, it's down to mintage. All the others were minted more than 2+A.

so what is the mintage of it?

[Emperor Oli 0]

No idea. Less than all the others.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Like all other numismatic rarities, it's down to mintage.  All the others were minted more than 2+A.

so what is the mintage of it?

They would not have recorded the mintage figures for the different types. They were just catagorised in the mintage of 1953.

[Master Jmd 80]

so it will probably have a mintage of far less then 10,000 to be classed as ext. rare?

Edited June 18, 2004 by Master Jmd

[Coppers 58]

The 1953 2+A may be rare in comparison to the other 1953 farthing varieties, but I'm not certain that this justifies use of the adverb "extremely". There always seems to be an example of two of this variety being offered for sale. I would think that one characteristic of an extremely rare coin is that it seldom if ever appears for sale. Chris...as a dealer perhaps you might have a different perspective on this. Any comments?

[william 0]

Yes, that's probably part of the properties of being an extremely rare coin. But I think the mintage is more important than how often it comes up for sale.

[Master Jmd 80]

Yes, that's probably part of the properties of being an extremely rare coin. But I think the mintage is more important than how often it comes up for sale.

Well, not nessesarily william...the 1951 penny has a mintage of 120,000 but there are usually many examples for sale...