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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5243365, member: 102103&quot;]It seems like most of the pressure is on the high end to me.&nbsp; For more common coins, there don&#039;t seem to be millions of collectors of each type enough to budge the prices very much.&nbsp; If anything, I&#039;ve felt that that world coins were underpriced compared to US coins earlier, in that much rarer types than a comparable US issue could be had relatively cheaply.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple examples:&nbsp; 1 Seychelles 1939 1/2 rupee, mintage <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26174.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26174.html" rel="nofollow">36,000</a>, bought for $10</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218047[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Liberia 25 cents, 1896, mintage <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32547.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32547.html" rel="nofollow">15,000</a>, $25</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218048[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither of these are truly rare coins or in perfect condition.&nbsp; Both were bought in the last 5 years.&nbsp; They go for more than silver, but not really all that much.&nbsp; If there were an upsurge in collecting interest, there certainly aren&#039;t enough to go around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare to a moderately scarce US coin, the 1875-S 20 cent piece.</p><p>They minted many more of these, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18403.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18403.html" rel="nofollow">1.155</a> million and it is the most common type in the series.&nbsp;&nbsp; Looks like I paid $87.50 at the time, about 25 years ago, which is about as much as I ever pay for a coin.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218057[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Conclusion:&nbsp; Most world silver is much more affordable than US for comparable mintages, outside of rare types and a few countries with strong domestic coin demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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