Numismatics is a dieing hobby

Back when I started collecting and was a "YN" (the term didn't exist then) the young kids couldn't afford a Morgan Dollar in MS then either. They cost a whole $10!

 

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I think my first purchase of BU Morgan and Peace Dollars was back in 1963 or 1964 from an advertisement in the Sunday NY Times (Stacks?). They were each an eye popping $3 apiece.........

 

well i never got my BU morgan it was more like a VF and a 1921 but after that i changed the game

 

The Morgan and Peace dollars I had as a kid were ones given to me for my birthday by my aunt, and they were quickly spent in merchants stores where they were treated much as a Susan B. dollar is treated today.

 

I've been told by my dad that there was more hobbies and collecting when he was a child. There were several coin shops where he grew up, and today we don't have any. Is it possible that a hobby can first rise in prices before it goes flat? Did that happen in baseball cards?

Teddy

 

You got that right. If I can pass on the hobby to my son and grandson and almost everybody I know does the same then I have to disagree. Besides, just go to a coin show and you will see all kinds of kids asking questions about coins and showing interest. I see the hobby of coin collecting as an extremely safe hobby to get into and for that reason alone many parents encourage their kids interest in coin collecting. Besides, kids need some relief from all the video games. :thumb:

 

I started collecting at 24...and nobody else in my family collects. I do think the average age is quite high however, and I'm the exception.

 

Sadly, this is also happening north of the boarder

Um...

This is a true statement (for youth gaming 24/7)

However, this isn't true for most of my peers.


I do agree that youth need to play less 'violent video games' (Full context removed - Political).

However, I am an avid video gamer, playing indie games (small games still under development, small following, very interesting concepts)


Currently, I am playing Kerbal Space Program, which is (or will be... still indevelopment) a game using realistic Newtonian Physics, including orbital physics (akin to NASA)

This game has been mentioned by NASA on it's twitter feed, and is played by many in the related fields.

More people playing this game is a good thing.


This game has taught me more than school has over the past month (probably 30 hours of gameplay, compared to ~115 hours of school)

 

Sorry, but that is just sad. Give education a chance. You don't always have to be entertained, you can be challenged to learn more on your own if your teachers aren't quite up to your standards, but things you learn at school have a better chance of being useful than things you learn from a video game.

 

If you feel that way all you have to do is something to attract the younger generation.

Here is one thing coin club I belong to is doing at our next show, I got the idea from another coin club.
I will hand out one of these coupons to every YN that walks through the door.

 

It is true, which is even worse.

However, it is all about Physics (which I haven't learned much about in school), so it is mostly new, unlike school.

I'm on here to learn more on my own...

I also study the Second World War, Classical History and Chemistry, and am taking a pre-uni Mining Engineering course (and I still have a few years till university)

Unless you want to go into Rocket Science (which is one of the three main paths I am looking into), I would agree.

However, this game is a lot better for learning rocket science (especially when learning from Scott Manley [http://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg], an astrophysicist) then what I have gotten to in school.


I know you don't believe me, but look the game up and see what it is about...

You would be pleasantly surprised.


Edit: This game is also used in atleast one High School as a teaching aid for Astro-Physics

 

i am also

 

i mainly started collecting coins when i found my Grandfather's stash of mostly Kennedy half dollars, but also included 3 walking libertys, 2 Franklins, and a Morgan. i collected a lot of other stuff before coins, but it never stuck, the only thing that has really stuck was collecting coins, so here i am now

 

It was beat the fool out of our competitor's prices.

 

Nah nah nah nah HEY! nah nah nah nah Coin Collecting is going strong.

 

Some coin collectors did not start out that way. They started
as investors trying to get rich quick and realized they actually
like this stuff. I believe that will not change and may increase the
the younger population who want to invest in something but
don't have a lot of disposible income. A trend I believe will be
around for awhile. There's already 100 billion in student loans
that are deliquent. They may not have 5k to open a brokage
account but they'll have $15 to buy an Ike with. If they then
find they like coin collecting: "you can check out any time you
like but you can never leave."

BTW, boomers aren't going to die off. They'll figure
out how to make new bodies with 3D printers and
collect social security, like, forever.

 

Lol... That's actually what I believed when I started, buying junk silver at 8x face last year.

 

Hey hey, my my
coin collecting will never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye
Hey hey, my my.

Neil Young :devil:

 

Look at the Crazy Horse logo. Looks like a
proof coin.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...pEz44gQfu_oaYMulA&sig2=xaB2YOg-P8M1hXZST3-49A

 

Neil i s a closet coin collector.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...OlxEmFiXBWJ2xNRyg&sig2=nA3ebedY5nJhjXuQvqVtGg