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Message:: [QUOTE="I Like Trees, post: 287332, member: 10463"]It seems you are indignant about the price differential between the two coins you used as an example. Is there anything that anyone here could possibly say that would make you less indignant? If not, and you chose to repeat the same argument over and over, I meekly offer that this is a bit like trolling.                 If I buy a house to live in, hoping it will increase in value (as millions of people in the States do) does that make me an investor and not a liver? If I plan to make money buying up houses thousands of miles from where I live (as thousands of people in the States do) simply to resell them at a profit, yes, I would call myself an investor.        Likewise, if you buy coins cold-heartedly, never look at them, and leave them in a vault waiting for them to appreciate, I would say that, no, you are not a collector. If you buy coins and keep them near you, enjoy looking at them, even yes, enjoying thinking about how much they are worth on the market, I would say that you're still a collector.     You cannot try to tell me that collectors of pre-1850 European oil paintings do not relish the thought of how much they paid and how much the works are worth. It is simply part of the Caché. I can't stand pre-1950 furniture. Am I going to complain that it is really hot? No I am not. As to: Artistic Beauty (subjective) History (depends what period interests you) Numismastic Value (I thought monetary value was irrelevant. Numismatic value: subjective) Rarity depends if you care (I bloody well don't) Miscellaneous  Interest (Now you're on to something. If there exists in the universe no answer that will satisfy you: stop asking. If you wish to abuse people who do not share your opinions: don't. If the question is why are there fewer of one nation's coins, from one TINY 200 year period of history (as a function of the total number of human beings on earth who are interested in collecting them), and more coins from dozens of lands, spanning a 4500 year period (of to me extremely interesting) history (as a function of total number of human beings " "), then the answer is....because! Threads that ask a question that can be answered with 'because' are, to me, not useful. You might try starting a thread called "Why I think US coins fetch such high sums" and not being so grumpy. Signed,Reluctant to be a North American ~[/QUOTE]

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