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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2442998, member: 78153&quot;]The answer to your question is that except in isolation, absolutely not.&nbsp; If US collectors think that foreigners will be the source of future demand to substantially increase prices, they are dreaming.&nbsp; Here are my reasons for it:</p><p><br /></p><p>Most foreigners have no cultural affinity for US coinage or if they do, I have seen no evidence of it.&nbsp; I see few US coins in foreign auctions and since I don&#039;t see them on dealer websites, don&#039;t believe it&#039;s usually someone other than an American (expat) buying them from auctions anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>US collectors are the biggest buyers of the more expensive &quot;world&quot; coins but the distinction is that &quot;world coins&quot; are much cheaper than US coins.&nbsp; US coins are by far the most expensive across the board.&nbsp; Other than &quot;investors&quot; buying them as &quot;widgets&quot; instead of another &quot;investment&quot;, why would hardly any real foreigner collectors want to pay the same or more for US coins than their own?&nbsp; The South African collectors I know have the same illusion for their own coinage and it isn&#039;t remotely true either.</p><p><br /></p><p>US coins are not remotely numismatically competitive at the same price point, except at very nominal levels.&nbsp; Anyone here can pick any price point they want above maybe $100 or $200 and most US coins aren&#039;t comparable to what the same money can buy in other coinage.&nbsp; Why would hardly any foreign collectors want to do that?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a difference between foreigners buying American goods</p><p>and having an affinity for US coinage.&nbsp; US made goods are either status symbols or have utility.&nbsp; US coins to a foreigner provide and have neither.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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