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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;UncleKin, post: 288249, member: 10650&quot;]Supply and demand. As to why there is the demand, it is becuase most Americans (myself included) are not that cultured and pretty up on themselves... as are people of most nations. It comes with one&#039;s sense of soverignity. And because of that, we tend to value those things we know the best. And yes, for me an old Buffalo Nickle reminds me of my grandfather and the old west (homesteader in Montana) who partly started us kids on coin collecting. And so it is a cultural thing. There is no way around that. </p><p><br /></p><p>You just have to accept that. </p><p><br /></p><p>It comes down to the old American motto of buying and &quot;made in American&quot; - which maybe is not so popular today but was extremely populat up until the 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s. It is the same reason Fords and Chevy&#039;s were bought by most American families. In the 60&#039;s and 70&#039;s there were some but not many German or European cars around. Now that is not the case anymore but the culture is still there to a great degree. People gravitate toward the things they know best and that bring back family history and national pride. My favorite coin is the buffalo nickle because it reminds me of the old west. One I got a taste of in my youth. That is how it is for me anyway. It is about family and national values first.&nbsp; Investement second.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically, not everything is about money or profits. There is the integrity of our sense of &#039;people&#039;. We the People. And our coins remind most of us of the early days of America. Constitution of which most multi-generation American families are VERY proud of. At least up until recently, we were a model democracy for the world and proud of it. Maybe in decline now but we made it to the top of the world for a time. And mostly about who we were back then. And our coins remind us of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the original poster maybe does not want to hear that, but that is the way it is here in the old west that is still alive in places.</p><p><br /></p><p>UncleKin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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