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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 2929745, member: 80121&quot;]For what it&#039;s worth, I have to agree with the idea that there are more places to buy coins and the number of places has continued to grow over the last ten years. The Internet has opened up coin collecting to people who didn&#039;t have a coin shop within a reasonable driving distance to their home. With modern HD pictures, you can get a pretty good idea of what a coin is actually going to look like if you by it from an online auction. My coin club had it semi-annual coin show last month and I picked up some good bargains there. As I looked around the bourse, I could see people taking out their cell phones to check to see how the price the Dealer standing in front of them compared to what they found on line and in my experience, the dealer matched or even beat the price that I found on their phone. We put in an extra effort to attract children to our show, free admission, free coins, a coin search that the vast majority of dealers participated in, and other incentives. The kids loved it and hopefully it may have lit a light in them to start collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am seeing more and more members bring their children or grandchildren to club meetings and shows. I did that with my grandson and for now, he&#039;s into collecting. The key to our hobby surviving is to bring in children and to educate people. There are a lot of people who think coin collecting is the coin TV shows, we need to help change that. Lastly, we need people who are pleasant and treat coin collectors in a pleasant way. The days of the grouchy old dealer is over, people need to take time to talk to new or beginning collectors and share their knowledge in a pleasant way. I belong to a forum on Facebook called &quot;Old School Italians&quot; (yes I&#039;m Italian, another victum of Ellis Island changing our family name) and I put up a picture of the 5 oz. Ellis Island Coin and why the mint made it. I got an incredible reaction, people wanted to know how much and where they could get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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