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Message:: [QUOTE="longnine009, post: 2809961, member: 1886"]Fifteen years ago people were pondering whether the Internet with all its forms of entertainment would kill coin collecting. It survived and will continue to do so because it's a solitary hobby. It may not appear to be because of all the activity that goes on in CT and other forums but our social graces resemble the Visigoths. I believe most of us aren't exactly "out-going" extroverts. I believe most coin collectors  are introverted and need to constantly  escape some  zoo in their life, especially the Internet zoo. The biggest drag on collecting will be the drag that has always existed--lack of confidence in grading, which waxes and wanes but also need not stop anyone from collecting. TPG's can't be everywhere. There is plenty to collect in world coins, and exonumia where U.S grading has less  impact. As for the many forms of  escapism offered by the Internet, I believe that may be the very thing people try to escape from the most  and in the process be driven to more solitary pursuits such as coin collecting. <img src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdTVdRXvgC8jBr32umnkg6LzSzQ8GY-R25Jm6VemuSxEenxHrO" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]