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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wxcoin, post: 2916149, member: 74624&quot;]As mentioned by others in this thread, the definition of numismatics has a pretty wide scope; on one end the person who revels in a coins research and history and on the other end one who collects coins for what they are.&nbsp; I guess I fit somewhere in between.&nbsp; As Doug mentioned, the median age of coin talk members is young which tells me that numismatics is alive and well; at least from a social media standpoint.&nbsp; Now if you would base that on the age of the members of the local coin club I belong to then the opposite would be true.&nbsp; At 62 I feel like a youngster; the median age of those attending meetings is over 70.&nbsp; From what I&#039;ve gathered in this club, the membership is aging with very few new members.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel the hobby is going through a transformation.&nbsp; In my opinion, Kurt is part of the old traditional group who favors personal interaction with others in the hobby.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing wrong with this but in today&#039;s world the internet is being used as a replacement for personal one on one interactions.&nbsp; Before I retired as a research scientist at the University of Oklahoma, several university, federal and private weather research and operational groups were relocated into a single new building.&nbsp; Prior to that these groups were scattered around town with limited interactions between them.&nbsp; After the move it didn&#039;t take long to see how valuable getting all of us under one roof was.&nbsp; The research and operational folks started building valuable personal relationships which greatly helped both sides; something that wouldn&#039;t have happened if we all stayed apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>The internet is a very valuable tool for today&#039;s collector.&nbsp; I can use EBay or several online auctions to locate raw and certified coins for my collection.&nbsp; However, it can&#039;t replace the one on one interactions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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