Is world coin collecting gaining ground in popularity?

Must have as in (potential investment) or as in must have historically?

Historically depends upon your period of interest.

Investment wise i got one thing to say; 1934 crowns are going up in value and will go up in value for the forseeable future, if you can afford one then get one. About 900 exist and i know for a fact that someone is out there hoarding as many as he can get, he's aiming for 100 which would be about 1/9th of the mintage, the market is going to notice. In fact the market already has noticed as the price is going up and up all the time.

Another good investment coin is the proof 1937 sovereign, the only sovereign produced for George VI, in demand from three groups, 1937 set collectors (as that was the coronation year), sovereign date collectors and sovereign type collectors. Not to mention latterly investors.

Hammered is much more difficult to pin down for investment purposes but you can't go wrong with William II or Henry IV! (Not cheap though)

I'm not saying the above coins are cheap but they seem to get regular followings and are always popular.

 

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Interesting, we beat them! And no wonder why, coins last longer and have been around for a while (haven't seen a Roman stamp), are in general easy to collect (go abroad, buy a sandwich and you'll have some coins back) and more beautiful (when clean).

 

stamps down-gold up

 

I think partly the reason why stamps are losing ground may be because they are a bit easy to get now unlike the coins. There is not much fun collecting them anymore. Countries are producing a lot of stamps now a days. And most of them are for collection purposes only. Another reason may be the problem of fakes. If you are buying a rare stamp, you are never going to know whether it is a fake or not (very true with some coins also). But still, I dont think Numismatics has taken superiority over philately. But in near future, may be this will happen. Well... this is my opinion...

 

I was thinking guys that perhaps stamps declined and world coins became more popular also with the increase of international travel. The more people can get somewhere the less exotic it becomes and henceforth the easier it is also for them to either be exposed and pick up coins from those distant lands.

 

You got a point there Andy..