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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sturmgrenadier, post: 779920, member: 18711&quot;]As a member of a so-called [demographic] &#039;minority&#039; group, I&#039;ve always wondered why there aren&#039;t more minority coin collectors and dealers at shows. I regularly attend local shows and the big one at Baltimore three times a year. Thus far, I have met only one other Chinese-American numismatist, a vest pocket dealer.&nbsp; I see few (or no) Asians, African Americans and Latinos circulating the bourse. The same goes for dealers. If they are out there, I have never met them. Even most of the women I see appear not to be collectors, but rather look to just be tagging along with their husbands and/or kids. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see a decent number of women on the other sides of the table. But with a few notable exceptions, (I have met husband and wife teams where the wife is every bit as knowledgeable and can talk about coins just as intelligently with customers), the women are just there to keep their husbands company and watch out for thieves (they are the ones reading books, knitting, etc, and when you ask a serious question, they ask you to wait for their husband to return-which is fine). </p><p><br /></p><p>I am cognizant of the obvious fact that white males are the largest demographic group (with the exception of their female counterparts), and so it should be expected that they are most represented in the field/hobby (both as dealers and collectors). But other minority groups seem to have a&nbsp; disproportionately lower presence relative to their comparative numbers in the general population. So what do you think? Are my personal observations representative of what you have seen in your experience? If I am basically on the mark, why do you think there aren&#039;t there more minorities in numismatics? Don&#039;t all people, irrespective of background, have an equal propensity towards being passionate about numismatics (sort of a rhetorical question)? Thanks for your insights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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