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<p>[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2881800, member: 86795"]I'm wide open to any number(s) that can be backed up by non-anecdotal evidence. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where would I start? Well, if we had a good number on how many people % wise regularly buy coins on eBay, then take a total of eBay individual sales by frequent buyers, we could take an educated guess. Another gauge might be suggested by the number of CoinTalk forum members, then what % of those might be ANACS members, then weigh that against total ANACS membership. A good cross check might be do just the opposite, poll all ANACS members and get a % who visit CoinTalk... For that matter, you could jump start it by polling CoinTalk members to get the % who buy on eBay... Likewise, we could look at NGC and PCGS total memberships, total paid memberships and poll them as well. Do this for not only CoinTalk but also the other top several online coin forums and you've got some solid numbers. </p><p> Of course, you make a good distinction, and first we must define how to measure and classify / count active and also serious collectors.</p><p> I'm up for it, wanna collab on the effort?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2881800, member: 86795"]I'm wide open to any number(s) that can be backed up by non-anecdotal evidence. Where would I start? Well, if we had a good number on how many people % wise regularly buy coins on eBay, then take a total of eBay individual sales by frequent buyers, we could take an educated guess. Another gauge might be suggested by the number of CoinTalk forum members, then what % of those might be ANACS members, then weigh that against total ANACS membership. A good cross check might be do just the opposite, poll all ANACS members and get a % who visit CoinTalk... For that matter, you could jump start it by polling CoinTalk members to get the % who buy on eBay... Likewise, we could look at NGC and PCGS total memberships, total paid memberships and poll them as well. Do this for not only CoinTalk but also the other top several online coin forums and you've got some solid numbers. Of course, you make a good distinction, and first we must define how to measure and classify / count active and also serious collectors. I'm up for it, wanna collab on the effort?[/QUOTE]
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