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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lonegunlawyer, post: 1590786, member: 40282&quot;]I don&#039;t think they stopped circulating necessarily, however, many were saved (like other coins) and not spent.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are expensive because of demand and that is driven by the fact they are old and only 10 million of them were minted.&nbsp; There is more of a demand for many U.S. coins, therefore, higher prices even though much scarcer foreign coins exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, it all comes down to supply and demand.&nbsp; The supply of early U.S. copper coins may be more than early Italian copper coins, however, the demand is also much higher.&nbsp; Higher to the point that people are willing to pay more for these early American coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just started getting into foreign coins and love that they are on the cheap side.&nbsp; In the last month, I have purchased a 1960 and 1966 500 lire coins.&nbsp; They are just beautiful![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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