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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JavaGold, post: 135951, member: 5369&quot;]NP, I see your post as proof that we all view events through the filter of our own experience.&nbsp; Your perception is that the POS &amp; POG are as a result of interest in &quot;Mint/Proof sets, government issued bullion, commemoratives, etc.&quot;, while I would consider to be incidental to what I think motivates the far greater world interest in PMs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that the increased interest has more to do with concerns regarding currencies, especially the US$, and general nervousness about world events.&nbsp; As you know, the US$ has become the biggest reserve asset held by CBs around the world, replacing gold &amp; silver of a few decades earlier.&nbsp; Our national debt, combined with our other deficits of current account, budget, &amp; trade, have put pressure on the dollars value.&nbsp; Rather than address these problems, our govt cuts taxes, increases spending, &amp; focuses on issues that don&#039;t solve these economic problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be very surprised if both silver &amp; gold don&#039;t soon resume the price climb they&#039;ve been enjoying, along with all other commodities.&nbsp; Other CBs are cpnsidering reducing their exposure to the dollar, &amp; govts are establishing markets trading in non-dollar assets.&nbsp; Both of these activities will involve selling dollars &amp; some&nbsp; denominated assets which will add to the downward pressure on the dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the good news for coins is that their values should prosper.&nbsp; It&#039;s the very reason I&#039;ve started comming to this site, to learn about nusmismatics.&nbsp; BTW, I feel very good about the time I&#039;ve spent here, reading different threads.&nbsp; I already feel that It is time well spent.&nbsp; I just hope my opinions don&#039;t tick any of you off, so that you don&#039;t want to share info with me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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