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Originally Posted by barrysloate
I've thought that incorporating the numismatic rarity scale to cards wouldn't be a bad idea. For those unfamiliar with it, coins are ranked from Rarity 1 to Rarity 8, with R-1 being most common and R-8 signifying 2-3 examples known. I think it would be an excellent idea, except how accurately do any of us know how many examples of any card exist? I guess we have a pretty good idea, but even a card like a T206 Wagner has no precise population. At least a rarity scale quantifies a subjective term.
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Barry - I think Alan Hager did this in his book many years ago when he was still operating ASA. Obviously his ranking and valuations were a joke to many, but I have always thought that conceptually what he was trying to do with regards to scarcity was interesting.
Edited to add that Gary Engel's Japanese Baseball Card Price Guide also attempts to rank sets with scarcity levels (R1, R2, etc) which helps the novice collector quite a bit.