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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1707229, member: 15929&quot;]Uh huh!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me, </p><p><br /></p><p>How many young kids can even afford to purchase a Morgan Dollar in MS?</p><p>Start a collection of Silver Eagles and work their way back through the years toward 1986?</p><p>Start a Collection of Franklin Half Dollars? Buy em by the roll perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was 23 when the Eisenhower Dollar was released, I would have LOVED to purchase $20 rolls of these to stick away for....well..today! BUT, $20 was a LOT of money back then and one thing I did not have was Lot&#039;s of Money! I still do not have &quot;lot&#039;s of money&quot; but I am in a much better position to collect coins &quot;with a specific goal&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many coin shows have very few kids simply because &quot;kids&quot; have better things to do with their time which does not involve &quot;tangible assets&quot;. One of our biggest coin dealers had very little interest in coin collecting, (she collected lots of other stuff though) until her aunt left her some coins. Once she did some investigation, she was off and running. All while in her &quot;late 30&#039;s&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I am trying to make is that, just like horse racing id the sport of kings, coin collecting is a hobby for older mature people who have the resources to indulge themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>While some did, not all started as kids. Some started way late in life simply because the time was right &quot;for them&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because you only see older folks at Coin Shows, does not mean that the hobby is dying. It only means that older folks can afford to entertain themselves in this hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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