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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2339286, member: 73165&quot;][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], this is my lament as well.&nbsp; The youngest dealer I&#039;ve seen at some of the regional coin shows I&#039;m able to make it to is in his 40&#039;s.&nbsp; He and his wife (who&#039;s also learning the business!)&nbsp; are great and I always stop by and look at what he has to offer.&nbsp; He&#039;s not always selling what I want to buy at the time, but he&#039;s always good for a conversation and a little show and tell.&nbsp; His prices are a touch higher than some other dealers I buy from, but not too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides him, I would say most of the dealers I see are over 60, and many are over 70.&nbsp; Most of the collectors I see are over 40 as well, but there are some YNs (usually brought by a parent who collects).&nbsp; I got a nice opportunity to show off a nice Buffalo nickel with a bit of a die rotation to a dad and his son at a show once, and explained toning to the son.&nbsp; But, those experiences are fairly few and far between.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the shows I go to, for the most part, don&#039;t have much in the way of ancients, and that makes me sad.&nbsp; Last show I was at, the only thing I would have been remotely interested in was a slabbed tribute penny, which I might have gone for if it were in a bit higher grade.&nbsp; Other than that, I see a lot of crusty, low grade stuff that mostly isn&#039;t all that interesting to me.&nbsp; Vcoins and cointalk can show me more coins in an hour than I&#039;d see all day at a typical show in the area.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love if the coin shows in the area were better.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done overall better in terms of quality and price when I can buy in person than on the internet.&nbsp; Coin shows are great for me, because it&#039;s like going to a bunch of different coin shops, all at once.&nbsp; (And, unfortunately, I haven&#039;t found a good coin shop within a 30 minute drive of me that I actually like. *sigh*)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, yeah, Doug.&nbsp; I hear you, and I agree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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