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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3720659, member: 26302&quot;]I just think you are jumping the gun some. Millennials are not yet 40. Like I said, that is usually the key demographic the hobby needs, people in the middle of their careers, with some money to spend, looking to fill some time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree coin collecting is weakening for US collecting. But that is against the highest point it has ever been at in human history, so kind of a tough comp. Ancient collecting has NEVER been very popular in the US, it simply hasn&#039;t. We do not have the ancient history and ties that Europeans have. So those of us here are oddballs, we need to recognize that. We were the oddballs 50 years ago in the totality of coin collecting in the US, and still are.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, in certain areas prices and collecting are through the roof. Ancient/medieval Thai collecting has never been more popular. I see this as the long run outcome, richer societies already have had their &quot;run&quot;, and more developing societies will do the same as their wealth and education improve. So US collecting may wane some in this country, but I expect worldwide collecting to persist.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I am too old. I remember all of the doom and gloom articles in the 70&#039;s how coin collecting will disappear in 15 years because not enough kids are collecting as used to. Same article reappears periodically for the last 40 plus years in the hobby. Yes, the hobby has changed dramatically, but I still see the exact same makeup at shows, a few kids, lots of (mainly) men from their 40-70s. I love seeing and helping the 40 year old &quot;newbies&quot; because to me THAT is the future of this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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