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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3087208, member: 112"]Throughout it's history, and I mean from the very beginning, the numbers of coin collectors has increased at times and decreased at times. The changes in both directions have always occurred over a period of decades - it doesn't happen suddenly, but it always happens. I guess you could say it's the natural way of things. Why ? Because it's human nature. There will always be periods of time coin is more popular and periods when it is less popular because people are fickle - their interest in things waxes and wanes. And it really is just that simple. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the point that is perhaps most important is that coin collecting has endured for over 2,000 years. Think about that - 2,000 years ! When things last that long, they don't just go away. </p><p><br /></p><p>So which period are we in now - gaining or losing ? Opinions vary, but then opinions always vary - on everything ! But I believe the number the coin collectors has been steadily increasing for the last 20 years, and growing ever more popular. But in the end it really doesn't matter what it is doing because the hobby is not going to just die and go away. And history has proved that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3087208, member: 112"]Throughout it's history, and I mean from the very beginning, the numbers of coin collectors has increased at times and decreased at times. The changes in both directions have always occurred over a period of decades - it doesn't happen suddenly, but it always happens. I guess you could say it's the natural way of things. Why ? Because it's human nature. There will always be periods of time coin is more popular and periods when it is less popular because people are fickle - their interest in things waxes and wanes. And it really is just that simple. But the point that is perhaps most important is that coin collecting has endured for over 2,000 years. Think about that - 2,000 years ! When things last that long, they don't just go away. So which period are we in now - gaining or losing ? Opinions vary, but then opinions always vary - on everything ! But I believe the number the coin collectors has been steadily increasing for the last 20 years, and growing ever more popular. But in the end it really doesn't matter what it is doing because the hobby is not going to just die and go away. And history has proved that.[/QUOTE]
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