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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2915215, member: 68&quot;]In many ways the US is already a banana republic. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even assuming you&#039;re right about some other country or countries becoming much more important numismatically I believe you are very wrong about which of their coins to collect.&nbsp; Most collectors of most countries have been in the US.&nbsp; If you want rare old Haitian coins they won&#039;t be found in Haiti, they&#039;ll be here. </p><p><br /></p><p>But what you won&#039;t find in this country or the home country are modern coins.&nbsp; US collectors hate base metal coins and never systematically collected them for any country. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been telling people for many years to set aside rarities like pristine 1950&#039;s and &#039;60&#039;s Chinese and Indian aluminum coins and now some of these go for up to $1000.&nbsp; There are lots of rare moderns from all over the world but people aren&#039;t looking to see what they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these coins will prove to be excessively rare or even nonexistent.&nbsp; There are many coins I search for on my list and many I&#039;ve never seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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