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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2156369, member: 71723&quot;]I agree with a lot of that. I&#039;ve had cause to bring up lately one of my favorite lines - Never confuse the loudest voices with the most numerous ones. (Kind of puts voice votes in a different light, doesn&#039;t it?) I agree also about the <i><b>quality </b></i>of some of our YN&#039;s, but they seem so &quot;schooled&quot; or &quot;mentored&quot; or even &quot;led around by the nose&quot; at such unbelievably tender ages that I sometimes wonder if I might be observing the result of a parent living vicariously through their kid. I&#039;m going to post one photo from Portland that <i><b>possibly </b></i>could be that. (I don&#039;t know the family&#039;s story; I&#039;m just worried a little.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But on balance regarding <i><b>quantity, </b></i>this hobby is in &quot;heap big doo doo&quot;, just about hanging on the precipice of being overrun by bullionists on one hand, and the irretrievably banal on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see the little kids, and the adults. I see the mega-advanced collectors, and I see the State Quarter map fillers. What I don&#039;t see are the &quot;tweeners&quot;, and that scares me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What I especially don&#039;t see are young adults who are committed to the numismatic field for anything other than a quick flip job on limited release issues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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