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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2916063, member: 112&quot;]Not quite that often but we do have between 20 to 30 new members register every day. And that number has been pretty consistent for 5 years or so - I never really kept track of how many before that.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me the truly interesting things are the ages and male/female ratio. The average age of all members is pretty dang close to 30. And for a long time now the male/female ratio is about 55-60% male, 40-45% female.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the story is even older than that, much older. But the sheer numbers of those involved with the hobby in one way or another have done nothing but increase for at least the last 50 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it does, and you can look it up in a hundred different places but it&#039;s always the same, or so similar as to not matter - </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And the definition of a numismatist is - </p><p><br /></p><p><i>A numismatist is a person who studies and/or collects coins, paper money, and related objects such as medals, awards and other objects used as instruments of exchange. Additionally, the numismatist will research the history pertaining to the objects he or she collects. Most commonly the word numismatist refers to a person that studies and collects coins. This can include coin dealers, researchers and historians that specifically focus on coins and paper money.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>What you are doing Kurt is ignoring your own statement, specifically that numismatics has a very specific definition. Instead you are choosing to make up your own definition/s to suit your own needs, to fit your view, to conform to the way you personally see things. </p><p><br /></p><p>Put another way, you&#039;re just being human Kurt, just like almost everybody else. Most people have and use their own definitions for just about all words, not just those dealing with numismatics. </p><p><br /></p><p>In reality you are not defining numismatics, you are instead defining something that really doesn&#039;t have a specific definition, at least not one found in any dictionary or encyclopedia. And given your comments I would hazard a guess that what you are really defining is what you would call a serious collector. Nothing wrong with that mind you, but if are going to call a spade a spade - then call it a spade. And not something it is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>And by the way, your definition of a serious collector is not far off from my own <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, to address the title and premise of the thread - the demise of numismatics - is it decreasing ? Not even close. To the contrary, it is growing by leaps and bounds ! And it can be seen in so many ways as to make the very idea of it decreasing downright ludicrous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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