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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 3700796, member: 15588&quot;]The coin shows in my area do seem well attended. Two separate coin clubs sponsor 2 major coin shows per year and they both still seem pretty active. But they teem with the usual old men, some kids and <i>very</i> few women.</p><p><br /></p><p>The video posted earlier discussing sports cards said that &quot;the hobby has priced kids out&quot; and that has <i>always</i> been true for coins, yet many kids persisted anyway. What kid can afford a St. Gaudens double eagle? I remember being frustrated reading Coinage as a pre-teen thinking that I&#039;ll never have any those coins that cost $100, $500, $1000, and the hobby still really showcases and romances these. But at the time I could still get some interesting things in pocket change, so I kept filling folders. </p><p><br /></p><p>The high end part of the hobby will <i>always</i> belong to the older crowd because it takes real money to participate at that level. And it&#039;s really difficult to say if collecting pocket change as a child leads to a desire to purchase $1,000 coins later in life. But as physical money becomes less relevant over time, and it likely will, the low end of the hobby may find itself harder and harder to maintain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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