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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1389299, member: 75105&quot;]This is just an idea of mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins from other countries are not worth near as much as some US coins. You can get some very old, low mintage, high grade coins from other countries for a fraction of the price of some us coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, what if the prices of US collector coins are just inflated tremendously over the years?</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say each year all coin dealers raise their prices, but they just keep doing it, year by year, artificially inflating the prices of US coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices usually work based upon supply and demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the demand for old coins now are about the same. But I don&#039;t know this for fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>However today with the internet, the supply of coins are <b>higher than ever,</b> hundreds of thousands of them on the internet, all waiting for a few clicks to make it into your home. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, if it&#039;s not the dealers, then what really controls&nbsp; or sets the prices of coins? Who says &quot;Ok next year the 1916-D mercury dime will be worth $30 more&quot;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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