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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Packrat, post: 2824892, member: 71780&quot;]Our club is the only one left in rural West Tennessee. Others have disbanded. Closest one to us is Memphis. We have a show each year that has good attendance and dealers generally are pleased. Every kid entering the show gets something for showing up. We draw for door prizes and notify winners by mail. Prizes have to be picked up at the coin club meeting within the next three months. Everyone gets notified that he/she won and everyone who shows up gets a door prize. Dealers and three or four club members donate the prizes. We only have about 15-20 members who show up each month. We have a small auction but nothing of serious value is put up for sale. We have a couple of club dealers and people trade before and after the auction. It seems the hobby has become more of a business, with most interest on silver and gold. Always difficult to get young people involved. Unless you are into errors, it is more difficult to find coins of value in circulation. And, as someone else said, young people like electronics. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was different in the 60&#039;s. Three West Tennessee clubs chipped in $50 each and we had a July 4th show at a local restaurant. We fed free BBQ and drinks to everyone who showed up. It was there I bought my first $5 gold Liberty for $28.50. When I sold it for $33, I was getting rich. Those were the days. Last year I bought 78,000 wheat cents for 3 cents each and sold them for 3.5 cents each. Still getting rich.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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