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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 8090637, member: 112&quot;]Assuming you&#039;re referring to those new to the hobby, there&#039;s no way to answer that really. But I strongly suspect those new to the hobby will follow the same story that pretty much all coin collectors do and always have. They come and they go, and then years later they often return. </p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m kind of qualifying it by limiting to those new to the hobby because online buying has been around for almost 25 years now, it&#039;s not something new, and it&#039;s very well established and quite prominent. My point of course being that most established collectors, or call it collectors who have been collectors for some time, well, they&#039;ve always known about online buying. So it&#039;s nothing new to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now did people staying home result in attracting new collectors ? I&#039;m sure it did, for some. But with coin collectors it&#039;s pretty much always been the same - you&#039;ve either got the bug or you don&#039;t. Those who&#039;ve got it stick with it. Those who don&#039;t - don&#039;t. And it really doesn&#039;t matter what the buying venue is. If they want to be involved in the hobby they will find a venue that appeals to them because they will seek it out. Whether it&#039;s collecting from pocket change or going to shows and live auctions, or buying online - they&#039;ll go with and stick with what they feel comfortable with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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