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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 669893, member: 39&quot;]Supply and demand? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> First, there are many coin collectors in the US, whether in absolute or relative figures. Second, most of them collect US coins only. That will of course drive prices up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another issue is the more differentiated grading in the US, which also contributes to (sometimes exponentially) higher prices for better grades. Maybe third party grading, which is basically a US specialty and not common elsewhere, contributes to the difference too.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the previous millennium <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I would have added the fact that, because non-US coins are not much sought after by US collectors, American dealers may sell, say, a French coin cheaper than what a dealer in France would want. Well, now that people can compare prices and make cross-border purchases more easily, that has changed or is changing.</p><p><br /></p><p>But again, I find it very difficult to simply lump all non-US coins into one &quot;world&quot; category and then say that world coins are cheap. Bought any &quot;classical&quot; Russian coins in the past couple of years?</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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