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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barnabus, post: 1977615, member: 71080&quot;]I am from the US. I believe that World coins are a&nbsp; great buy. For a few reasons:</p><p>1. Variety</p><p>Collecting one&#039;s own country limits the amount of variety you can choose from</p><p>2. Value +</p><p>What I mean is that there are obvious money coins in the US coin cata. However I think with world coins, I have a higher chance at finding a coin that will one day be a gem. EX. in 1982 the 1922 Australia 1 shilling was I believe about $11.00 in XF condition, Check out the value now as listed by NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not collect for today, but I am collecting for the future, and the preservation of history. Certain places are what I focus on. One Great Historically significant country that I am sure is gonna be a gold mine, is Hejaz. The home of Mecca, Medina, Cradle of gold, and The Kuwait River system from B.C. times. This place has only 13 total different coins, with intensely low mintages, however if you are lucky you can snag a few for under $50.00 each</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want a quick turn around, I would definitely still say world coins. Mainly because you are now open to a larger market. X amount of Numismatics collect USA currency, but X amount collect world coins, and anything outside of the USA is considered &quot;World&quot; by my definition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest issue USA coins face though, is very high mintages. The values at which the common coins such as &quot;Mercury dimes&quot; &quot;silver halves&quot; etc. wont be going up any time soon I don&#039;t think. I like the fact a lot of people collect USA coins, because it leaves me room to snag all kinds of good world coin deals before they become popular. Think about this: The populous of the USA is changing daily with immigration laws. The majority of USA citizens could be said to become latin American, or Mexican American in the near future, all of the Numismatic people that will include may want their own countries coins. The sad fact is that the nice and hard to find USA coins are intensely over priced, and very well hoarded. I do not turn away USA coins, but I do not seek them out. I have most all of my USA coins from pure circulation at stores.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect KM sets, or whatever cata letter u wanna use. EX. I have the full silver balboa set from panama in a picture frame on my wall, the entire 1962 Sao tome circulation set the same, etc. I like to make my collecting very personal, as I have been doing this for over 20 years, I have had my times where I started to get bored from just random collecting, so that gives me a little direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I provided something useful. Happy coin hunting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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