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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1574502, member: 41665"]medamoraman-</p><p>You may be correct and I'm as doubtful as you (about industry shills) but I do think she <i>may </i>be close. </p><p><br /></p><p>Re: :my guesstimate, <b>"~25 million"</b></p><p><b></b>I went to the LCS and spoke very frankly with a gentleman 50 years in the biz. I didn't give him my numbers or 'heads up' in advance; he told me "1 in 15" Americans are collectors. </p><p><b>Boston dealer's professional opinion: ~21 mln, or (if Age 15 and Up only) ~16 mln. 'adult' coin collectors in the USA. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>To extrapolate, Ms. Deisher's estimate suggests ~9-12% of coin collectors are "serious" in her book. I don't think that's wildly inflated, do you?</p><p><br /></p><p>The easier (and less-loaded) question is probably 'what %age of coin collectors seem serious to you?' A harder question to answer (LOL) is 'what consitutes a serious collector?' </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm still <i>stunned </i>that 39% of "coin collectors" (those responding to the Epcot/Disney survey for the US Mint) see their hobby as an "investment." </p><p>Investing time, sure. Now where's that awesome picture of the K-car in the bank parking lot, loaded with hundreds of coin-rolls .....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My stats seem to confirm your opinion by implication. Unless ICI is deliberately hiding data, <i>very very few </i>US Households hold PM ETFs, anyway. It seems more likely there are millions of coin-collectors with MFs, instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do wonder if there's a market for <i>real </i>asset-backed investments - synthetic instruments that convert into real assets in a timely or scheduled manner. GLD does not except for certain very large participants.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1574502, member: 41665"]medamoraman- You may be correct and I'm as doubtful as you (about industry shills) but I do think she [I]may [/I]be close. Re: :my guesstimate, [B]"~25 million" [/B]I went to the LCS and spoke very frankly with a gentleman 50 years in the biz. I didn't give him my numbers or 'heads up' in advance; he told me "1 in 15" Americans are collectors. [B]Boston dealer's professional opinion: ~21 mln, or (if Age 15 and Up only) ~16 mln. 'adult' coin collectors in the USA. [/B]To extrapolate, Ms. Deisher's estimate suggests ~9-12% of coin collectors are "serious" in her book. I don't think that's wildly inflated, do you? The easier (and less-loaded) question is probably 'what %age of coin collectors seem serious to you?' A harder question to answer (LOL) is 'what consitutes a serious collector?' I'm still [I]stunned [/I]that 39% of "coin collectors" (those responding to the Epcot/Disney survey for the US Mint) see their hobby as an "investment." Investing time, sure. Now where's that awesome picture of the K-car in the bank parking lot, loaded with hundreds of coin-rolls ..... My stats seem to confirm your opinion by implication. Unless ICI is deliberately hiding data, [I]very very few [/I]US Households hold PM ETFs, anyway. It seems more likely there are millions of coin-collectors with MFs, instead. I do wonder if there's a market for [I]real [/I]asset-backed investments - synthetic instruments that convert into real assets in a timely or scheduled manner. GLD does not except for certain very large participants.[/QUOTE]
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