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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2726913, member: 1765&quot;]I&#039;m a bit of a hybrid, perhaps like other Class of &#039;75s who thought the Bicentennial stuff was neat, started as a kid at the time when there were no silver coins or old designs in change anymore, then didn&#039;t have enough money to buy anything silver when the prices spiked, but did after it tanked.&nbsp; I liked the sets laid out in traditional books, and still do.&nbsp; I re-started collecting as an adult in the early 90s, after the initial slab boom-bust.&nbsp; I prefer to buy slabbed coins, since then I don&#039;t have to pay to slab them.&nbsp; Much of collecting for me now is research and collaboration and socializing, most of which is online.&nbsp; The social aspect of shows has become more important than buying stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the big differences between the &#039;64s an &#039;11s is when they started collecting.&nbsp; It shows that collectors don&#039;t need to start as kids.&nbsp; People bemoaning &quot;there&#039;s no kids at the show&quot; perhaps have the misconception that coin collecting is like playing baseball or piano -- you have to start young (which itself isn&#039;t really true).&nbsp; Heck, you could say that starting young pretty much guarantees lapse in collecting from ages 14-22.&nbsp; There are coin collectors to be made out of many adults with a collecting personality trait (which is innate, IMHO) that like money, history, economics, artistry, precious metals, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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