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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2444339, member: 78153&quot;]The population has little to do with the price level.&nbsp; I&#039;ll agree it matters somewhat in the US because of the scale of collecting but it isn&#039;t one of the primary factors, especially when the growth is disproportionately going to be in minorities who have a much lower historical propensity to collect and a much higher percentage will have little to zero affinity for US coins anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Presumably like most others here and on other coin forums, you probably also have a much rosier economic outlook than I do longer term.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the US economy is necessarily going to &quot;collapse&quot; but most people are worse off now than in 1999 and this is despite the loosest financial conditions ever which aren&#039;t going to last &quot;forever&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even under a continuation of current economic conditions, most people are likely to be worse off than now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Outside of maybe bullion substitutes like MS Morgan dollars which benefit directly from higher metal prices, I don&#039;t remotely see it happening to $50 to $150 coins.&nbsp; Given how hugely inflated the US price level is generally, about the only way higher prices after inflation seems remotely possible is if the future collector base has a much higher proportion of the affluent population.&nbsp; Even if this happens (and I don&#039;t believe it will),&nbsp; the &quot;rich&quot; aren&#039;t going to be buying &quot;collector&quot; coins which is exactly what $50 to $150 coins represent. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many of these coins, the prospects that the future collector base will increase enough to absorb them at higher inflation adjusted prices isn&#039;t that great.&nbsp; The visible supply is likely a fraction of what actually exists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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