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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2547702, member: 1892&quot;]And we need to face the fact that younger collectors are <b>going</b> to experience the hobby online, like they experience everything else, whether we like it or not. I&#039;m not so pessimistic as to see a future where people sit at the keyboard like passive drones without ever seeing the outdoors, or where coin shows disappear, but numismatics <b>needs to move online in a <i>big way</i></b> in order to keep the hobby thriving into the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic treeware needs to die as a sole information source. There will always be a market for books because books are something you can &quot;collect,&quot; too, but the information they contain needs to be found online as well. That is what younger collectors will expect - the easy availability of information online, just like <b>everything else they want to know about</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic sales need to move online to a far greater extent than exists now. Dealer websites - where they exist at all, and that&#039;s only a fraction of dealers - generally reflect very little knowledge of effective e-commerce. </p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic interaction, as personified by forums like this one, is <b>where it&#039;s going</b>. Social media&#039;s success is proof that newer generations wish to interact online, and it is imperative that the numismatic hobby build strong online communities as destinations for younger collectors. This serves their desires, and greatly expands the efficacy of information dissemination. In the future - and the future needs to be pretty darn close to <b>right now</b> - it will be easy to learn online about any numismatic topic, and to pick the brain of experts in any aspect of the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bigger picture is plain, and the sooner we embrace it, the more easily we can guarantee a thriving hobby into the future. That, in a nutshell, is why I&#039;m here and what I do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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