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Message:: [QUOTE="JBK, post: 35886, member: 1101"]Let me just say that if you are told that I am a "self-proclaimed" expert on ancient gold coins, in reality you had better not ask me any advice since I don't know Caesar from Caligula. I know that HRP issues "coins", but they presumably have no monetary value beyond the "borders".   The same could be said of some countries such as Cuba or North, Korea, I suppose, whose currencies are not hard currencies actively traded on the currency markets (at least not for any where near their "value" inside the country of issuance).  It becomes a gray area, for sure.  While HRP coins do not circulate, neither do the silver or gold commems the US issues. Bottom line: understand what you are collecting, but beyond that, collect what you like.  I wish I had the Reagan coins, but all I have is the Clinton ones.  Still kind of neat, though. Another intertestng note on HRP: I have a small collection of postal oddities, and one I wanted was an HRP stamnp that was actually used to mail a letter.  I did get a reply from HRP, but in addition to the HRP stamp the envelope also had an Australian surcharge stamp, so old Prince Leo had to pay a "postage due" fee before the Aussie Post Office would send the letter along.[/QUOTE]