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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 1985310, member: 71723&quot;]As someone who used to make his living in a field that was about 95% killed off by the digitization and Internet twin revolutions, I feel that too many coin dealers are whistling past the graveyard. Ask not for whom the obsolescence bell tolls, it tolls for thee.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gradual decline in major show attendance figures, unaided by US Mint flipathons, stands as testimony to a trend we may not like, but technology and what Vic said, what I call demographic turnover, are changing this market. We may or may not like it, but it seems to me indisputable.</p><p><br /></p><p>My old profession didn&#039;t die one day, it took place almost imperceptibly over many years. But one day we realized we couldn&#039;t figure how we were going to meet payroll.</p><p><br /></p><p>The digital alternative was noticeably inferior, but we found that most people didn&#039;t care, it was cheaper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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