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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2422846, member: 1892&quot;]Numismatics will go where <b>you</b> and those like you will drive it. Of course you&#039;ll fail if you give up. On the other hand, if you realize the amazing power of the Internet to reach and inform vast numbers of people who would never have been exposed to collecting otherwise, you&#039;ll be pretty optimistic about the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>There will <i>always</i> be the studious type of mind in which numismatics will find fertile growth. People will <i>always</i> run across odd coins which pique their fancy, and want to learn more. And now they can find places like this, populated by experts who can answer their questions in almost-real time, with a simple Google search. One used to require serious motivation to break into coin collecting, as information was fragmented and difficult to come by (how would you have known there was even a book published on your interest, much less where to find it, when you first had to go find someone who was already an experienced collector?).</p><p><br /></p><p>No longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>One reason why numismatics won&#039;t go the way of philately (example): There are 828,000 US coins currently listed on Ebay alone, and 600,000 World coins. The business is a bit bigger than you think. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Optimism, and the willingness to act on that optimism, is key.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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