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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1103691, member: 6036&quot;]Of course you do. I knew there would be an anti-American slant before I read the thread itself. It&#039;s typical.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Part of it is personal taste, but there&#039;s more to it than that. Part of it is &quot;grass greener on the other side of the fence&quot; thinking. Part of it is the natural collector instinct to be fascinated with something new and different - we&#039;re especially interested in novelty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another factor is the peculiar phenomenon of American anti-Americanism. Part of that is the &quot;grass greener&quot; syndrome, but there are other factors as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s quite odd - I read the media of many other nations, and I see an enormous amount of pride and almost complete disregard of those nations&#039; many flaws. Instead, I see an absurd &quot;blame it all on America&quot; delusion - which many Americans believe as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the market prefers US Mint products, as US modern bullion outperforms all other nations. Up-to-the-minute quotes :</p><p><br /></p><p>American gold Buffalo&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1430.50</p><p>American gold Eagle&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $1418.90</p><p>Canadian gold Maple Leaf $1407.40</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar advantages for American products versus other nations; silver bullion, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I feel most of the Canadian Mint&#039;s offerings are either unbelievably unimaginative (more pictures of the Queen, anyone ?) or ridiculously gimmicky. But I&#039;ve never started a thread saying the US Mint is superior; if anyone did, many Canadians would howl and defend their nation&#039;s reputation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Americans should do the same.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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