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  • noun Plural form of rarity.

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Examples

  • Even so, I do not believe that the decline in supply of choice silver and gold rarities is as severe as Sperber suggests.

    New Weekly Column: Coin Rarities & Related Topics : Coin Collecting News 2010

  • Billy Joel’s great, and an entire disc of rarities is what sells this to me.

    It's Official genuinechris 2005

  • He rather to whom these things are rarities, that is the man who, when some unfamiliar thing is put before him, will take his fill of it with pleasure. 31

    Hiero 2007

  • A large, richly photographed “coffee table” book that features details about the 100 most famous U.S. coin rarities.

    Creating Wealth Robert G. Allen 2006

  • A large, richly photographed “coffee table” book that features details about the 100 most famous U.S. coin rarities.

    Creating Wealth Robert G. Allen 2006

  • He rather to whom these things are rarities, that is the man who, when some unfamiliar thing is put before him, will take his fill of it with pleasure.

    Hiero 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • "The word 'rarities' is too pretentious, and 'rares' sounds kindof retarded, so we liked that," Savage says.

    PegasusNews.com stories Teresa Gubbins 2010

  • It was also quite nice to get reacquainted with such "rarities" as the "Satisfaction" and especially "Ruby Tuesday" pre-vocal backing tracks, not to mention the far-superior 45-rpm mono mix of "Street Fighting Man."

    The Rock and Roll Report 2009

  • The set also comes with a 164-page coffee table book laden with previously unpublished photos from 1974 to the present, a vinyl record duplicating the first CD of "rarities," a poster from their 1977 European tour, buttons, stickers, temporary tattoos and a 1975 vintage AC/DC guitar pick.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • The set also comes with a 164-page coffee table book laden with previously unpublished photos from 1974 to the present, a vinyl record duplicating the first CD of "rarities," a poster from their 1977 European tour, buttons, stickers, temporary tattoos and a 1975 vintage AC/DC guitar pick.

    poststar.com RSS 2009

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