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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 5515645, member: 73489&quot;]You may see that soooner than you think from the Federal Reserve.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I&#039;m mostly into silver and gold coins (Morgans and Saints and commemorative) but if I saw something UNIQUE that grabbed me I would have interest, especially if it had a significant bullion content.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, I like the Vatican gold coin and I bought a Czar Nicholas II @ FUN.&nbsp; If I had more $$$, I&#039;d consider buying more of those types and in larger coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw a 12 ounce gold PF70 UC commemorative for Pope John Paul II but I didn&#039;t have $30,000 lying around. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s what I am wondering about.&nbsp; I keep hearing that there are 2 major factors that account for increased buying activity in our sector, particularly in the lower graded circulated ranks:</p><ul> <li>People are getting stimulus checks</li> <li>People are at home</li> </ul><p>I discount the first one because to me, the stimulus checks were basically only able to cover basic living expenses and I really didn&#039;t see folks saying that $1,200 could play the stock market.&nbsp; $12,000 maybe but not $ 1,200.&nbsp; The folks who DID use it for that were still probably employed and/or made alot more $$$ and were regular investors with 6 or 7-figure portfolios anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also think that while $1,200 and other checks COULD buy coins, I don&#039;t think that someone who wasn&#039;t active before would lose their jobs, get unemployment and/or bonus stimulus checks, and then use it for coins unless they had other savings (unlikely) and/or knew they&#039;d be getting partial salary and/or back to work soon.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The second I think has legs.</b>&nbsp; Especially when I just saw a cover story in the CDN Greensheet (for currency, I think) which said that CIRCULATED (i.e., less expensive) $500 and $1,000 bill prices were up 30% in a few months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly, either people with a few more $$$ to spend are getting active and/or people with more time at home on the PC are discovering old likes to enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>I wonder if CoinTalk has seen an increase since March 2020 in activity at this site measured in how long people are here and/or posts and/or new monthly members before and after Covid ?</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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