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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 2111787, member: 10103&quot;]Coin collecting is alive and well and continues to thrive.&nbsp; The few shows that I go to each year are always well attended.&nbsp; The fact that so many older folks attend these shows has been misinterpreted as a sign of the decline and fall of the hobby.&nbsp; It is a false sign.&nbsp; If one attended a show 20 years ago they would have observed the same phenomena.........old collectors and few young people.&nbsp; Where are all the older guys who attended those shows 20 years ago?&nbsp; A lot of them have passed on.&nbsp; Who fills their ranks at present day shows?&nbsp; Guys like me who didn&#039;t have the time to attend shows (20 years ago) and who were working to make ends meet and raise a family.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the so called &#039;junk&#039; that the mint is flooding the market place with, if you don&#039;t like it then don&#039;t buy it.&nbsp; But somebody is.&nbsp; I, for one, like some of this so called junk.&nbsp; Seems to me that a lot of other folks do too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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