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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2409614, member: 78153&quot;]Depends what country you have in mind.&nbsp; Of the countries with an established tradition of collecting, the local collector either does or usually is the largest buyer generally, though not in all instances.&nbsp; For all others, it is usually collectors from the US or sometimes elsewhere.&nbsp; One example is Bolivia Republic decimals.&nbsp; There aren&#039;t hardly any collectors for this series but of the few such as myself, evidence is that practically all of the better coins are owned by foreigners.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the US, I have seen essentially zero evidence that there is any substantial collecting elsewhere at more than relatively nominal prices, except possibly by American expatriates.&nbsp; I have heard of exceptions such as Japanese buyers of US proof classic gold but nothing more.&nbsp; The obvious reason for this conclusion is the exorbitant US price level.&nbsp; Totally ordinary US coins routinely sell for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.&nbsp; Even actual prominent world coin rarities routinely sell for less or a fraction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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