I disagree with the idea that the Rings of Power were race-specific when they were forged. I checked out "Of the Rings of Power" in the Sil, and find no mention of differences in their making; only when Sauron/Annatar distributed them did they work on the recipients. Here are some of the pertinent quotes:
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In those days the [Elven] smiths... made Rings of Power.
Now the Elves made many rings...
[Sauron] demanded that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
But Sauron gathered into his hands all the remaining Rings of Power; and he dealt them out to the other peoples of Middle-earth, hoping thus to bring under his sway all those that desired secret power beyond the measure of their kind. Seven rings he gave to Dwarves; but to Men he gave nine, for Men proved in this matter as in others the readiest to his will.
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The chapter goes on to tell of the different corruption of Dwarves and Men, and all that is said (way too much to quote here) shows that the difference was in the recipients, not the rings themselves. So basically, that backs up what
Anguirel said, and I agree.
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