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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 1336121, member: 16269&quot;]When I was a kid (I&#039;m 57 now), there were about 30 coin shops in my city in addition to the department stores that had busy coin/stamp departments. Sears, Eaton&#039;s, Hudson&#039;s Bay (major department stores in Canada) did a bustling business in coins until the early 70&#039;s and then they started to shut them down and by the end of the 70&#039;s most were gone. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was one coin store right smack in the middle of the city that was huge! The shelves behind the counters were full of albums of coins and the 50 or 60 showcases were jam-packed with coins. Some of these shops had been in existance for more than 40 years previously (opening in the 20&#039;s). Now there are 5 and from what I hear, it&#039;s going to be down to 3 early next year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Full page ads used to be in the newspapers for coin shops. I remember taking that page, heading to my room and circling all the coins I wished I could buy. The only ads you see now are for gold or silver buying.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The times have changed with the use of the internet, opening the markets to world-wide collectors but I certainly wouldn&#039;t call this the Golden Age of Coin collecting. It&#039;s nothing like it used to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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