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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1897136, member: 112"]Ace, think about something. There are approximately 300 million people in this country. Maybe, and that's a big maybe, 3 million of them are coin collectors. By my definition the number would probably be closer to 300 thousand coin collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that's a tiny, tiny, percentage of the population to begin with. And that is partly because coin collecting is a hobby that requires a lot of work, a lot time and study. Most people are simply too lazy to put that much effort into a hobby, they don't find it worth the effort. With kids that is even more magnified, even fewer kids find it worth it, or enough fun. When they're young they'd rather be out playing and doing active things. When they get a little older they'd rather be chasing girls, or girls chasing boys. And when they get a little older still there's a young family and work to think of, those things come first. Then college for the kids, so during those times money is an issue, not enough to go round.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is only when they get older and all of those things are over with that people turn to coin collecting in a serious way. It's been that way since the first collectors and it will always be that way. Just the nature of things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1897136, member: 112"]Ace, think about something. There are approximately 300 million people in this country. Maybe, and that's a big maybe, 3 million of them are coin collectors. By my definition the number would probably be closer to 300 thousand coin collectors. Now that's a tiny, tiny, percentage of the population to begin with. And that is partly because coin collecting is a hobby that requires a lot of work, a lot time and study. Most people are simply too lazy to put that much effort into a hobby, they don't find it worth the effort. With kids that is even more magnified, even fewer kids find it worth it, or enough fun. When they're young they'd rather be out playing and doing active things. When they get a little older they'd rather be chasing girls, or girls chasing boys. And when they get a little older still there's a young family and work to think of, those things come first. Then college for the kids, so during those times money is an issue, not enough to go round. So it is only when they get older and all of those things are over with that people turn to coin collecting in a serious way. It's been that way since the first collectors and it will always be that way. Just the nature of things.[/QUOTE]
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