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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 2366347, member: 69089&quot;]Just finished reading this thread from start to finish. Looks like V. Kurt has derailed another one. He just can&#039;t help himself.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On to the subject at hand. I&#039;m optimistic about the state of the hobby for two reasons. First, the one Dave cites:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And secondly, this one: the desire to collect things is wired into the human psyche, particularly the male psyche. Many people end up collecting something, and I believe a percentage of them will inevitably find their way into coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, it&#039;s incumbent upon us to support efforts to make our hobby visible and accessible, so that more people choose to satisfy their collecting desire with coins rather than snow globes, shot glasses or Hummel figurines.</p><p><br /></p><p>To that end, this can&#039;t be stressed enough:</p><p><br /></p><p>The things that capture our imagination as children tend to stick with us, at least to some degree, for our entire lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was child, there was a small box in our house filled with coins and currency my dad and uncles brought back from the Pacific and European theaters of WW2. I was always allowed to rifle through that box at will, and I think it fueled my interest in world coins to this day. A little later, as an adolescent, I saw the Whitman cent, nickel and dime folders of a much older cousin, and that&#039;s all it took to hook me for life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to suggest that people can&#039;t come to coin collecting as adults; of course they can. But there&#039;s no substitute for planting that seed during childhood.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Mainebill described, my active interest has gone dormant at times, sometimes for years, but it never died. And as I get older, the dormant periods have become shorter and shorter. These days, I seldom set my collection aside for more than a few weeks, usually due to the demands of work.</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, yes, I have my own small box of coins that any child who visits my home is welcomed to dig through to their heart&#039;s content.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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