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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 8051787, member: 105571&quot;]I was only referring to my coin club.&nbsp; I used to belong to another coin club and it&nbsp; was entirely old and white and without even a YN contingent.&nbsp; I quit that club primarily because there was little intellectual interest or curiousity and the entrenched leadership was actively hostile to any new initiatives. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shows I attend (local and FUN) have a healthy representation of genders, races, ethnicities, etc. but is still dominated by an older, white and male population. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, yes, I think shows draw from a much wider portion of the population than clubs do.&nbsp; Clubs require a commitment of time and social capital that is much more available among an older, mostly retired, population.&nbsp; Plus, clubs aren&#039;t primarily pecuniary in nature unlike shows which are mostly about the commercial aspects of coin collecting.&nbsp; So shows draw from a broader swath of the population.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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