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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1825112, member: 26302&quot;]Doug is right. People in the 70&#039;s were writing articles talking about the death of coin collecting because no kids were involved. I was kind of miffed since I was a kid at the time. Anyway, the progression has always roughly been:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Some young kids like coin collecting. Many do it with Dad, and like shiny pieces.</p><p>2. Puberty happens, cars happen, college happens.</p><p>3. Around 25-35 life is settled down, (usually) the guy looks around, finds or refinds coin collecting, and there you go.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same old pattern. Yes, there are some who collect all of the way through. I started when I was 5, but admit between 15 and 20 girls were a heck of a lot more interesting to me. Some like David Bowers even become dealers as a kid. However, the basic pattern has always been collectors get involved and serious around 25-35 on average. If someone tells me there are no collectors below the age of 40 then I might worry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting is a terrific hobby for kids, I am a boy scout merit badge counselor. It teaches economics, history, geography, etc. However, how many kinds in the hobby I simply do not believe is a barometer to its health.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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