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Message:: [QUOTE="wxcoin, post: 7851520, member: 74624"]Getting back to the topic of this post, the face of coin collecting is a matter of perspective.  Times change and so do the faces.  I believe that many younger hobbyists start out collecting things they are exposed to.  Being born in 1955, my collecting started in the 1960's.  Of course my limited resources forced me to collect common coins I could find in daily change.  When I found my first Indian Head Cent in a roll of pennies (cents) it excited me enough to find out more about them.  The same for Buffalo nickels.  In time, I began to read more about the history of US coinage and at that time I got the bug to expand my collecting.  Of course, none of what I was interested could be found in change.  I had to go to my LCS or a coin show.  These were the places to go to if you wanted to see older coinage. Turn the clock to today and you have the new kid on the block; the internet.  You can pretty much find what you want from the convenience of your smartphone or computer.  That can be overwhelming at times.  At least I find it that way.  I find my collecting habits more dyslexic. I truly believe that as the younger generations age and have more monetary resources available, many will be drawn to older coinage.  We old farts seem to underestimate the younger generation, just as our elders underestimated ours.[/QUOTE]