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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2916075, member: 71723&quot;]And yet, those who make their actual full-time living writing for the numismatic field, BOTH IN PRINT <font size="6"><b><i><u>AND ONLINE</u></i></b></font>, insist the field IS SHRINKING, and rapidly at that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the high end is in good shape, as is the rank beginner segment, but the vast middle is hollowing out and in deep trouble, just like the economic demographics of the nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Doug, I consider CoinTalk to be indicative of absolutely nothing worth counting regarding the hobby&#039;s health. It&#039;s BELOW ZERO in significance. The newbs here typically haven&#039;t even heard of a &quot;Red Book&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tomorrow morning I&#039;ll be in a coin auction room (no remote bidding) with over 100 serious numismatic bidders, some leaving today&#039;s festivities early just to get there, and I&#039;ll bet my first $100 that fewer than 3 of them have ever HEARD of CoinTalk, and I&#039;ll bet the NEXT $100 that I&#039;m the ONLY guy in the room who has heard of coin-related YouTube videos. But about half will be dues-paid ANA members.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and 96.5% (I just ran the math.) of the coins will be RAW![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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