What would be the affect on the market if a Bird Flu pandemic hit?

[midwest]

so then if this becomes a large pandemic what would be the affect on the market?

 

edited to add: a spreading person to person pandemic.

[MTHead-migration]

None, birds don't collect coins.

[cpm9ball]

None, birds don't collect coins.

 

 

Besides that......oriental restaurants would delete chicken entrees and replace it with some other animal......KFC would buy out Cowasaki.........the pharmaceutical companies would still block legislation allowing us to buy cheaper drugs in Canada.......druggists would still sell prescription drugs at 10,000-70,000% mark-up.......but most important of all, Travis...........if you notice that the birds on your coins are turning strange colors.......... DO NOT HANDLE THEM WITHOUT GLOVES AND A MASK.........pack them up carefully and send them to me.

 

Chris

[MTHead-migration]

so then if this becomes a large pandemic what would be the affect on the market?

 

edited to add: a spreading person to person pandemic.

 

Questions of inheritance would arise - Who gets the estate (coins) if the entire list of potential inheritors is dead?

 

Superstition, ignorance or maybe even malice might make coins and currency unwanted - A nation's currency has been contaminated with Bird Flu.Even if it's not true it could have an effect on commerce and collecting.

 

"This coin is from the MTHead Collection? Didn't he die of Bird Flu? Are slabs Bird Flu resistant? No, thanks, I'm not going to risk it."

[Oldtrader3]

It is only people across the street who would believe slabs transmit Avian Flu. This site would not be affected.