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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 26096567, member: 68&quot;]I believe this really does impact on the &quot;growth&quot; of the hobby and the extreme segmentation we see in it.&nbsp; Most people who do collect modern coins are beginners and they talk about it on social media of various types rather than on message boards where we often older and usually more experienced collectors come.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see this as a good thing but by the same token it is largely inevitable because younger people seem to prefer other media that are more like real time and less formal.&nbsp; Ultimately though beginning collectors aren&#039;t going to want to talk about the expensive bust half dollar they just bought on most social media platforms.&nbsp; Some may yet come to the message boards. </p><p><br /></p><p>All social human endeavor derives from assumptions and discussion of that field.&nbsp;&nbsp; While coin collecting isn&#039;t &quot;social&quot; per se it certainly is as a hobby.&nbsp; Even the most independent individualist must deal with other collectors to find and acquire items for his collection.&nbsp; We discuss coins and learn what others collect and why.&nbsp;&nbsp; We appreciate the effort and passion that goes into a collection even where we have no interest in the items collected.&nbsp; Coin collecting is not only a hobby and a market but it very much is social as well for most individuals.&nbsp; THIS is where the problem lies; we have a segmented hobby with beginners living in a different virtual world than our own.&nbsp; We no longer communicate through weekly papers and letters to the editor but rather virtually face to face on message boards with news, opinion, and coins at our fingertip just a few key strokes away (or fifty key strokes away if you don&#039;t use an Apple). </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s no real solution but I do believe message boards should try to be more welcoming to beginners and intermediate collectors just in case they ever do show up here.&nbsp; All we really need to do is remember virtually everything is collectible.&nbsp; Someone with enough passion could make an interesting&nbsp; collection of the various grains of sand on the beach.&nbsp;&nbsp; Small metal object made by man are a natural for collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once began a chocolate coin collection but soon discovered the older ones were deteriorating too quickly.&nbsp; They are just too perishable.&nbsp; It was no great loss as the later acquisitions were&nbsp; delicious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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