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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buckeye73, post: 3876760, member: 93155&quot;]My perspective of the world coin market is based on my collecting those coins since the early 1990’s.&nbsp; The initial goal was to collect dated coins from each country from as many centuries as possible.&nbsp; My collecting interest evolved to collect older type coins and occasional gold type coins minted before 1950.</p><p><br /></p><p>My observations and opinions generally parallel Doug’s, with the caveats which follow.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>World coin values appeared to increase significantly in the early 2000’s, which happened to coincide with the bounce in silver off a low of about $7 per ounce and gold at about $400 per ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The older world coins have generally continued to increase in value with a few exceptions. For example, non-gold coins of France and the Netherlands have generally not appreciated much the past 18 years.&nbsp; On the other hand, coins of China, Korea, Danish India, French India, Portuguese India, Russia, among others, have experienced periods in the last 18 years of significant increases in value (as in 5 to 10 multiples.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A possible explanation for the long bull run in world coin values is that one or more countries’ coins have periods of stagnant growth while other countries experience significant coin value appreciation.&nbsp; Unlike the downward trend in U S collector coin values, the overall trend of world coin prices is on the rise.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for when there will be a downturn, I have no clue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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