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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2431553, member: 78153&quot;]Interesting list.&nbsp; Curious to see which exact coins and what they sell for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example, I believe a 1796 AG-3 quarter sells for about $6000 and slightly higher grades for quite a bit more.&nbsp; I consider it ridiculously overpriced and will be really surprised if is it isn&#039;t &quot;dead money&quot;.&nbsp; There are any number of comparable world coins that sell for 1% or slightly more but few want them.&nbsp; An example are pillar 2R.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a lot of posts on coin forums which believe the rising middle class theme for world coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; This has little or even nothing to do with their prospects because there is no shortage of people in even the poorest countries who cannot afford to buy their coins and pay a lot more, right now.&nbsp;&nbsp; The primary reason why they do not is because most countries have a limited to non-existent tradition of collecting and the locals don&#039;t want them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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