price increases?

coinkat

I thought I would through out afew questions:

1. What are your experiences with World coin price increases? I am not talking about bullion coins, but coins that have collector interest.

2. Certain British coins have done quite well over the past few years, however, the trend does not appear to be broad based among all European countries...(I may be wrong on afew countries), but I still think certain French coins are difficult to find in original high grades...am I missing something? For example, the Charles X and even the Louis XVIII 5 Franc coins in original AU and Higher seem to be tough to find. The Napoleon 5 Franc coins have always had collector interest.

I better stop before this rambles on further... any thoughts??

laurentyvan

We've all seen an increase in the price of British coins... as far as French coins go, nice examples of the 5 Franc pieces from any year from roughly 1800 into the 1900's are becoming harder to find and expensive when you do. I picked up a 1967 FDC French set for $150 recently that had an issue price of $10, shot to $250 at some point years ago before collapsing and is now headed back up-with a mintage of only 2,305 sets I'm not surprised.
The internet is putting coin collectors from all over the world right next door to each other-competition can be fierce-no wonder world coin prices are edging upwards.

tbirde56

Popularity/Attractiveness of a coin ---> More Demand/Competition ---> Higher Prices.
No demand, no higher prices. Never can tell when the surge may hit, though, as some coins are 'sleepers' just waiting to be 'discovered' and appreciated. Small mintage numbers, an attractive design or it's history may all be factors in its rise in popularity.

wybrit

Most world coins still seem very inexpensive for what they are.

I agree with Laurent's comments about the internet effect. There is another factor IMO.

British coins are rising in price largely because more people in the home country are collecting them now. The market for them in the US is still tiny by comparison.

I suspect that the biggest price boost for a given country's coins would come from an increased interest in collecting from its native population, assuming there is an increase in the country's average disposable income. It's realy a different way of saying the same thing as Brad, though.

Lloyd

Who needs disposable income when you have plastic

Mrs Roberts was quoted as saying: "how can we be broke? we still have cheques left...."

theboz11

The onset of a heavier collector infux and rise in European coins prices seems to have increased since the change over to the Euo. Maybe this change to a single currency will swell the Darkside collector base further.

chuckfarthing

The prices bid in THIS AUCTION show that people are willing to pay a lot more than Krause for quality coins. Comments on page 2 bear this out, with Darkhorse willing to pay postage. That French 10 Centime is jaw-dropping gorgeous.