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<p>[QUOTE="wxcoin, post: 2916865, member: 74624"]I totally agree with how a 20 something collector would feel going into a room with a bunch of 70 year olds. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to get a bunch of younger collectors together to start a new club than try to infuse them into an old club. I joined my current club after retirement and moving 1000+ miles. To be honest the meetings are boring as I get the impression that the core of members have been together for decades and don't have much else to share with each other; it's now more of a social gathering of old friends. Even at 62 I feel a bit an outcast, even though the people are friendly. I haven't gotten much satisfaction, numismatically speaking. The club had a member auction at one of the recent meetings in which only a few members participated. Nobody seemed to want to buy anything or even show any interest in the items being auctioned. My feeling is that most of these guys no longer care about adding to their collections. About all we do is plan for our annual coin show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wxcoin, post: 2916865, member: 74624"]I totally agree with how a 20 something collector would feel going into a room with a bunch of 70 year olds. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to get a bunch of younger collectors together to start a new club than try to infuse them into an old club. I joined my current club after retirement and moving 1000+ miles. To be honest the meetings are boring as I get the impression that the core of members have been together for decades and don't have much else to share with each other; it's now more of a social gathering of old friends. Even at 62 I feel a bit an outcast, even though the people are friendly. I haven't gotten much satisfaction, numismatically speaking. The club had a member auction at one of the recent meetings in which only a few members participated. Nobody seemed to want to buy anything or even show any interest in the items being auctioned. My feeling is that most of these guys no longer care about adding to their collections. About all we do is plan for our annual coin show.[/QUOTE]
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