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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MaestroPCG, post: 144332, member: 5985&quot;]I read both Coins and COINage semi-regularly, but I&#039;m not overly impressed with either of them.&nbsp; I was actually going to start a thread about the lack of a really good magazine in our hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Before anyone gets offended by my comment, consider the following:</p><p>While there is a wealth of information offered by many of the numismatic publications - both magazines and newspapers - there is very little entertainment value to any of them.&nbsp; I know, some of you are already wondering why I mention entertainment value in relation to coin magazines, and maybe that&#039;s the problem. </p><p>When I read Coins or COINage, I feel like I&#039;m reading a magazine for my dad.&nbsp; Mostly bland, long articles with very little content that would be appealing to younger readers.&nbsp; While I&#039;m into the facts, stories and figures that these magazines contain, couldn&#039;t they also pepper them with some more entertaining pictures, personal accounts, article variety, outlandish &quot;sold for&quot; reports from the world of eBay, etc.&nbsp; I know their circulation figures aren&#039;t earth-shattering and maybe that&#039;s because much of their readership is dying off!&nbsp; There are many ways to make a publication appeal to younger generations, but the editors don&#039;t seem to have any interest in doing so.&nbsp; I know this because I wrote a letter to both mags, and the response I got was akin to &quot;While we appreciate your input, your ideas will not necessarily appeal to our target audience.&quot;&nbsp; In other words, thanks but no thanks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are multiple reasons that Maxim magazine outsells Coins 50-1, and the girls in bathing suits is only one of them.&nbsp; (No, I&#039;m NOT suggesting we have girls in bikinis holding slabbed coins on the covers.)&nbsp; Come on editors, have you ever MET anyone under the age of 50???&nbsp; There&#039;s about three generations of people out there saying, &quot;Sure, teach us...but can you entertain us at the same time?&quot;&nbsp; And, the good news is - if you can find a way to do this, we&#039;re willing to PAY for it!!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Maybe the reason that so many people think that coins are only for stodgy, older people is because no one is trying to reach or appeal to anyone else.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s a novel idea...now if only someone would listen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>pCG[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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