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<p>[QUOTE="yankee doodle, post: 2809904, member: 81569"]I obviously enjoy our hobby with you and I also think of it as a way of continuing the legacy of my father from whom I inherited his collection. I recently met a rare high-school collector and asked him if anyone else in his circle of influence also collected. His response was, ''most of the people in my school don't even know it is a hobby!''. This sad but insightful observation does not bode well for the future of the hobby. Just like stamps, how can one become interested in something you don't regularly use? The ease and access to the digitalization of our financial/monetary society has played a tremendous role in the decreased interest in our hobby. Ironically, if money as we know it becomes phased out (like in Sweden), our collections will possibly become more valuable as the eternal human law of supply and demand kicks in. Have fun and stay well my kindred brethren.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yankee doodle, post: 2809904, member: 81569"]I obviously enjoy our hobby with you and I also think of it as a way of continuing the legacy of my father from whom I inherited his collection. I recently met a rare high-school collector and asked him if anyone else in his circle of influence also collected. His response was, ''most of the people in my school don't even know it is a hobby!''. This sad but insightful observation does not bode well for the future of the hobby. Just like stamps, how can one become interested in something you don't regularly use? The ease and access to the digitalization of our financial/monetary society has played a tremendous role in the decreased interest in our hobby. Ironically, if money as we know it becomes phased out (like in Sweden), our collections will possibly become more valuable as the eternal human law of supply and demand kicks in. Have fun and stay well my kindred brethren.[/QUOTE]
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