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Collectible Stocks and Bonds from
North American Railroads by Terry Cox
A guidebook and catalog of prices (I neither buy nor sell stocks and bonds) |
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Rarity
systems
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Here is a brief listing
of rarity systems that previous authors have devised in both related
and unrelated hobbies that deal with collectibles.
Systems arranged common to rare (highest
number/letter = most rare):
| Scale range |
Author |
| 1 to 11 |
Criswell, Grover, 1957 and subsequent
editions, Confederate and Southern States Currency |
| 1 to 11 |
Criswell, Grover, 1961 and subsequent
editions, Confederate and Southern States Bonds |
| 1 to 7 |
Wolka, Wendell, Jack Vorhies and Donald Schramm, 1978, Indiana
Obsolete Notes and Scrip |
| 1 to 7 |
Wait, George, 1976, New Jersey's Money |
| 1 to 7 |
Rosene, Walter, 1984, Alabama Obsolete Notes and Scrip |
| 1 to 8 |
Jones, Richard and Keith Littlefield, 1992, Virginia
Obsolete Paper Money |
| 1 to 7 |
Whitfield, Steven, 1980, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Obsolete
Notes and Scrip |
| 1 to 7 |
Whitfield, Steven, 1980, Kansas
Obsolete Notes and Scrip |
| 1 to 6 |
Oakes, Dean and John Hickman, 1982, Standard Catalog
of National Bank Notes |
| 1 to 8 |
Friedberg, Milton, 1978, The Encyclopedia of United States
Fractional & Postal Currency |
| A to D |
Doolin, James, 1981, 1893 Columbian Exposition Admission
and Concession Tickets |
| 1 to 7 |
Bollhagen, Phil, undated, The Great Book of Railroad Playing
Cards |
| 1 to 8 |
Sheldon, Pascal and Breen, Penny Whimsey (commonly-used scale
for coins) |
| A to E |
common use, bottle collecting |
| 1 to 5 |
vintage clothing collecting (as used by Vintagevixen.com) |
| 1 to 8 |
Fricke, Pierre, 2005, Collecting Confederate Paper Money |
| 1 to 8 |
Van Allen, Leroy and A. George
Mallis, Comprehensive
Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars. |
| 1 to 8 |
Bayck, Ted and David and Tom Rowe, Gun Powder Cans and Kegs |
| 1 to 8 |
eBay rarity scale for coins (Aug, 2006) |
| 1 to 7 |
R.M. Smythe, 1987, The Penn Central
Collection |
Systems arranged rare to common (highest
number/letter = most common):
| Scale range |
Author |
| 1 to open-ended |
Bowers, Q. David, Universal Rarity Scale, June 1992, Numismatist |
| A to I |
British North America Philatelic Society, Perfins
Study Group (of
Canadian postage and revenue stamps) |
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