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Message:: [QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3196062, member: 19165"]The coin hobby generally tends to be an older population. You'll hear an awful lot of people telling you that the hobby isn't getting any younger, and all the kids are doing other things. They'll tell you that as people start to die, the hobby will start to shrink. The problem with that is, you can find articles in "The Numismatist" (the publication of the American Numismatic Association) that say the exact same thing... from 1901. The hobby has clearly not died in the 120 years since, and I don't expect it will when the baby boomers start to fade either. Take it from me, a 33 year old collector. There will always be people who gain interest later in life, and come to the hobby when they retire. The fact is, this is an expensive hobby, and usually it is the older, established people who have more income or disposable cash to play in this hobby.[/QUOTE]