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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2359299, member: 71510&quot;]Well first off, this site is totally dead and hardly gets any traffic.&nbsp; That is the first indicator.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re looking at magazine subscriptions as a bellwether, you are building on false data.&nbsp; I had religious subscriptions to Hot Rod, Car and Driver and Road and Track since I was about 15 or so, right up until around 2000 or so when I found that I could get more info off the internet.&nbsp; That&#039;s what is happening on this site - we&#039;ve replaced static print with interactive discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second - the economy is just starting to recover - from a huge population that was broke and in debt for a long time.&nbsp; Many sold out, many never started.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was seen in all hobbies.&nbsp; I saw this in racing, tracks were shut down, car clubs abandoned (EPA didn&#039;t help either - but I digress).&nbsp; SCCA membership was down sharply, autocross events started disappearing.&nbsp; Nobody had disposable income - and a large portion of those that do are investing frugally due to hard lessons learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2012 at the local race track they had a 3rd of the seats filled.&nbsp; Last year we had standing room only, and almost twice the racing participants.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think singling out the numismatic hobby is a narrow focus of what&#039;s happening across the nation and world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say that 2 years ago when my wife and I started our business, I was winning a majority of the estate auctions I attended locally.&nbsp; Gold/silver coins, jewelry, silverware, etc...&nbsp; I&#039;d usually walk away winning 80% or better of the lots I bid on.</p><p><br /></p><p>These days I&#039;m winning less than half, probably closer to a third - simply because more people are attending and buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things are getting better slowly, but a lot of people are just looking to get back to normalcy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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