British collectors in the US are getting priced out of the game!

Aethelred · January 6, 2004 9:37AM

The Pound is now worth $1.82!

coinkat · January 6, 2004 9:46AM

I wonder how this will effect Krause prices in the future if this tread continues

cosmicdebris · January 6, 2004 9:48AM

I know I think the Gothic Crown will elude me for awhile longer

MacCrimmon · January 6, 2004 9:50AM

I hope when I sell in 20+ years, it's at 4.80+ to the buck, and the Spink 2004 prices have quintupled for true gems!!

I'll just cruise to Scotland (to my new Castle Stuart)

on the Queen Mary IIs final voyage and buy whisky for everyone!!

Of course, I'll also be playing some hot jigs, strathspeys and reels for me sailing mates!!

Hey Clank, kin ya play tha fiddle!!

Seriously (wait, I thought I was serious), it looks like there's no intervention in site for some time. I think the Pound will go over 2.00 in a heartbeat.

Aethelred · January 6, 2004 9:59AM

<< <i>I know I think the Gothic Crown will elude me for awhile longer

>>

Sorry to hear that!

wybrit · January 6, 2004 10:08AM

The days of finding good buys in the US are also rapidly coming to an end. As I have posted before, one of the primo local dealers I see every six months here had his entire stock of choice British coins bought out by a Brit at FUN last year. I bought several scarce issues from him for 25 cents on the dollar prior to that deal.

Many places I used to frequent to get my British coin fix have sold out their stocks.

Compounding this problem is that tickets from London to Orlando are relatively cheap. I expect you'll see a lot of Brits at FUN and then a subsequent flood of activity on ebay featuring spendy British coins.

tbirde56 · January 6, 2004 10:21AM

By the time Krause updates catalog prices to reflect the silver value upswing the metal will be back down under $5.

Aethelred · January 6, 2004 10:44AM

<< <i>By the time Krause updates catalog prices to reflect the silver value upswing the metal will be back down under $5. >>

That would not have been so funny if it were not so true!