What's the ratio of women to men in numismatics?

Anybody who's been collecting for more than a day can see that more men collect than women, but what do you think the ratio is? Also, why do you think it is that the vast majority of collectors are men?

My guess on the ratio would probably be something like 1:10.

 

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IMO, I think the ratio would be greater, in terms of more man than women.
For ever man I know, I can't think of ten women to back them up.
I think I might now 20 women who are involved in numismatics as a whole.
I'd be interested in knowing what the actual date of this may be

EDIT: I would think the ratio would be much greater. More men than women, more than 1:10

 

Actually, I meant 1 woman for every 10 men, but I could be way off.

 

Ooops, I knew what you were saying, I just messed up when typing.
But yes, I agree 100% More men than women

 

I think it's more like 100 to 1 men vs women. The last show that I went to , I spent 3 hours at and saw a couple hundred men and only 2 women, I think even those 2 were coin dealers wives and looked bored out of their minds.

Coins collecting is in general a solitary pursuit by socially awkward, middle aged, overweight men ... not really what women are interested in. The would rather go to the mall.

 

That better not be a premonition of things to come for me!

 

Don't worry boys, in the end all coin collectors wives are Numismatics. After all, when you all cack off. Its us women who get the collections. :hug:Traci

 

Is that a threat!?

 

Giggle...... Nahhhhhhhh just the way of things.
Traci :hail:

 

All the same, I'll be keeping one eye open. :kewl:

 

I don't know, the last few shows I attended I saw quite a few women. I'd say I saw one for every 10 men there, and they weren't humoring old overweight awkward husbands, but rather looking at and buying coins. Of course, I could live in a geographical phenomenon as far as numismatists go.
Guy~

 

I was at a show in San Diego last summer and saw more than the usual female attendance but after a couple of them ladies turned around, they were actually men ...lol. People watching at a coin show is always fun. You get yourself a funnel cake and 64oz coke and have at it :thumb: We should start a People of Coin Shows website like they have for the People of Walmart. Smile folks :hail: heheheheheheheheheehehe

 

At least that explains your earlier post.

 

My five year old daughter is my only coin collector, the sons want nothing to do with coins - they are more the video game set. But the five year old has loved money as long as I can remember with her, even when she was a baby she was hauling off with my dosh. She really likes gold and somehow has this notion that it all should belong to her.

 

:hatch: Ah no. Not one of these threads again! The last time I gave my opinion I got into trouble.

 

The only people I'm watching for is anyone who looks suspicious or might be following me.

 

Came up not long ago. From the many, many coin shows and coin shops I go to I'd say about 90% are men. And of those, about 80% are probably over 60 years old. This is about the same proportion of men/women that I've seen at gun shows, knife shows and card shows. At computer shows it is about 50/50. At dog or cat shows around here it is usually about 75% women over men. At most flea markets I have estimated that from 7AM to 9AM it is about 80% men, after that it becomes 50/50. If you are in college you would also see about 75% men over women in Physics, Chemistry, Math. For some reason I've watched this over many, many years.
The problem today is the internet. You really have no idea who is male of female with the buying and selling of coins. For all we know 90% of all the members here could be female and just don't say they are. On ebay I'd say anyone selling coins and stating they know nothing about coins but want to sell this coin, is a female. And that is usually far from the truth too.
At a recent coin show of about 80 to 90 dealers I noticed only one lady and she was with her husband as dealers. I was there for close to 2 hours and never saw another female. That was odd for that show since it is usually the only one that women attend around here.
For some strange reason women just want to waste time doing laundry, washing dishes, shopping for food and clothing for the entire family, dressing kids, helping with thier homework, cleaning windows and miscellaneous other wastefull subjects. When, as us men all know, are no where near as important than our hobbies.
And with this reply I may well soon be hospitalized.

 

As a female coin dealer, the male/female ratio of my customers is probably 1 female in 50+ male collectors. Most of the women I see at shows are spouses or significant others, and not actual collectors, or (as Ripley said) women who have inherited their husband's/father's coins and want to get appraisals or sell them.

And if you want an even lower ratio, try counting how many female DEALERS there are to male DEALERS!

The good news is that I am seeing more and more young women mixed in with the young men perusing coins at shows!

 

Who cares? Sorry girls....