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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1566701, member: 41665&quot;]Is that true? Is there&#039;s a thread on that? And are we conflating very different things here? That premise looks flawed. Doubt there&#039;s much of a US coin market in China today, nor tomorrow. </p><p><br /></p><p>In recent years, the <b>Chinese were buying &#039;chuk kam&#039; or bullion, <u>NOT</u> K-Gold (alloy) nor foreign coin-gold </b>in alloy. I&#039;ve heard/read nothing about them buying<i> US-minted 90/10 coin</i>, which is the particular product/market at risk here. And why should Chinese collectors EVER buy US coins (Au or Ag) as such, if America keeps sabre-rattling on currency, strategic companies, Taiwan, etc.? Really - please think that one through. Future enmity won&#039;t increase US coins &#039;collectibility&#039; in China, to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a nationalist Chinese perspective, it makes more sense they want their own stuff. (<i>Global Times-The Beijing News</i> 8/1/2012?):</p><p>&quot;Coin seller Zhang Guoming said that <b>Chinese collectors are less interested in foreign coins</b>, which attribute to a large part of his shop. He finds that standards for the gold material used to make coins differ. <b>Domestic gold coins are made of 99.9 percent pure gold.</b>&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Forbes&#039; Gordon Chang has some good insights on Chinese Gold accumulation. If the rationale behind this article stilll proves true, Iran/China &#039;commodity swaps&#039; (example) is one way the Dollar&#039;s Reserve status is diminished. Bullish for Gold bullion? Of course.</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/04/22/the-best-reason-in-the-world-to-buy-gold/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/04/22/the-best-reason-in-the-world-to-buy-gold/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/04/22/the-best-reason-in-the-world-to-buy-gold/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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