There are a lot more women and girls in the hobby than there were 25 years ago. Many of them are younger and most of them have been collecting for a much shorter time than advanced collectors and dealers.
It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
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There are a lot more women and girls in the hobby than there were 25 years ago. Many of them are younger and most of them have been collecting for a much shorter time than advanced collectors and dealers.
It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
that is heart-warming. i presume it helps to show potential new numismatists that it a rather deep end of the pool and there is a lot of history and beauty to behold. showing them just how many women are on coins going back a LONG way probably doesn't hurt. males need male role models and females need females.
There is only one woman that comes to the local coin club. But, she is only there to accompany her husband and has no interest in the hobby for herself.
1000 to 1 seems far-fetched however. Probably more like 100-1. I was thinking that perhaps the new women's quarter series might attract a few more women to become more numismatically involved. The more coin collectors, the better. Women like different things then man do. A woman would be more likely to collect coins with certain themes rather then put together date and mint sets. I know of quite a few younger girls that collect (or have collected) coins with animals on them. But their interest seems to fade or simply dissappear in after a while.
I would like to see more women become involved in numismatics, perhaps the ANA can come up with something, I don't know.
I am a girl and the only one collects coins in my squads ☺️ all of my GFs think I should wait until much later time.
All of my GFs are well to do but priorities are totally different in a sense of forms of collecting.
Depending on age group in general I think the ratio is very low overall.
Me personally don’t look at coin as tangible asset and it’s ROI never come in play.
IMHO if girls don’t collect Hummel, Faberge eggs or limited edition crystal vase …… then she wouldn’t hunt for coins either (well I don’t either but somehow fascinated with coins)
Don’t brag about it to a GF. She might wonder if your elevator goes to the top.
At local shows haven’t encountered any women collectors except possibly a husband / wife couple who is interested in a coin from the country they are from and she initiates the purchase.
@cladking said: It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
Lots of silly numbers being thrown around ranging from 1000:1, 40:1 and 15%. I'd like to see the data that arrives at these assumptions. From everything I see it would be closer to the former than the latter by a large amount.
My grandmother Elsie (1896-1978) lived in Chicago and was a coin collector from the late 1940's to the early 1960's.
She had US coin albums for US cents, nickels, and dimes. She acquired coins from circulation but occasionally bought coin rolls to search.
She managed to find some rare US coins including a 1909-S VDB cent, a 3-legged Buffalo nickel, and a 1916-D dime. She also managed to save some Indian Head cents including a 1908-S.
United States Indian Head Cent 1908-S
She lost interest in coins in the late 1950's to concentrate on oil painting and genealogy.
At some time in the 1960's she accumulated a bunch of silver half-dollars and quarters which my mother
found in the 1990's on the top back shelf of a closet.
Elsie may have gotten me started with coins by giving me some European coins she brought back from a trip.
As I've posted before, we can all cite anecdotes of a woman or two here or there interested in coins but sad to say in my collecting over 50 years have run across VERY few women with interests in coins and fewer now than ever before. If I show a coin to my sisters or nieces or workmates or patients or ANY friends or accomplices, I get a blank stare at best and a bit of anger at my nerdiness at worst with a forbidding of me sharing any coin pictures or anecdotes thereafter.
This no matter how much artistry, history, aesthetics or any sort of couching with lightening quick exposures to them of coins. This is not one or two but literally HUNDREDS of females East and West coast and all backgrounds and economic/financial backgrounds.
And I do try to encourage interests but to no avail....Ah well.
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"With the population of women participating in the numismatic community growing each year..." is a somewhat ambiguous statement. Participation in the numismatic community could mean a lot of different things, and if one more person joins the hobby or business than exits it, that's considered growth technically- so absent any hard stats, one can only assume things. That said, I do think there are definitely more women in the hobby than when I started in the business- and as I stated earlier, two out of the three coin shops in my town were run by females at one point. Today, we have many female customers...some buying for others, some for themselves. Just some observations.
Everyone in numismatics is so obsessed with getting YNs engaged to grow the hobby. Why don't we have a major focus on getting women interested in coins? It seems like there's a lot of untapped potential there.
Some of the responses in this thread a giving me some insight into why things are the way they are...
My wife doesn’t even look at my coins and I have a large collection. She will however amuse me with a question about coins from time to time. For the most part I and my son are the only ones that enjoy the hobby. My daughter couldn’t care less about them. I’ve always been curious as to why women generally are not interested in the hobby.
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@Maywood said: @cladking said: It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
Lots of silly numbers being thrown around ranging from 1000:1, 40:1 and 15%. I'd like to see the data that arrives at these assumptions. From everything I see it would be closer to the former than the latter by a large amount.
Some of my Instagram statistics:
6k followers: 92.6% men - 7.3% women
Last 90 day reach (22k accounts): 98.3% - 1.6%
Last 90 day content interactions (2,100): 94.5% - 5.4%
I thought about this question while in Chicago this week - my anecdotal observation is there there seems to be more gender balance among YNs - hopefully that’s more than anecdotal and is a trend. There’s a lot of untapped potential in expanding diversity - gender, race and ethnicity. Attracting new blood will grow the hobby and open new markets for dealers.
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There are a lot more women and girls in the hobby than there were 25 years ago. Many of them are younger and most of them have been collecting for a much shorter time than advanced collectors and dealers.
It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
that is heart-warming. i presume it helps to show potential new numismatists that it a rather deep end of the pool and there is a lot of history and beauty to behold. showing them just how many women are on coins going back a LONG way probably doesn't hurt. males need male role models and females need females.
My daughter in law helps me at the bigger shows. She will walk the floor looking for coins for me.
There is only one woman that comes to the local coin club. But, she is only there to accompany her husband and has no interest in the hobby for herself.
1000 to 1 seems far-fetched however. Probably more like 100-1. I was thinking that perhaps the new women's quarter series might attract a few more women to become more numismatically involved. The more coin collectors, the better. Women like different things then man do. A woman would be more likely to collect coins with certain themes rather then put together date and mint sets. I know of quite a few younger girls that collect (or have collected) coins with animals on them. But their interest seems to fade or simply dissappear in after a while.
I would like to see more women become involved in numismatics, perhaps the ANA can come up with something, I don't know.
I am a girl and the only one collects coins in my squads ☺️ all of my GFs think I should wait until much later time.
All of my GFs are well to do but priorities are totally different in a sense of forms of collecting.
Depending on age group in general I think the ratio is very low overall.
Me personally don’t look at coin as tangible asset and it’s ROI never come in play.
IMHO if girls don’t collect Hummel, Faberge eggs or limited edition crystal vase …… then she wouldn’t hunt for coins either (well I don’t either but somehow fascinated with coins)
BTW base on a very tiny sample here in HAWAII 🐬
Howdy 🙋♀️ I’m one of the few, the proud….oops, that’s something else, lol.
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Don’t brag about it to a GF. She might wonder if your elevator goes to the top.
At local shows haven’t encountered any women collectors except possibly a husband / wife couple who is interested in a coin from the country they are from and she initiates the purchase.
@cladking said: It looks like at least 15% of newer collectors are female.
Lots of silly numbers being thrown around ranging from 1000:1, 40:1 and 15%. I'd like to see the data that arrives at these assumptions. From everything I see it would be closer to the former than the latter by a large amount.
My grandmother Elsie (1896-1978) lived in Chicago and was a coin collector from the late 1940's to the early 1960's.
She had US coin albums for US cents, nickels, and dimes. She acquired coins from circulation but occasionally bought coin rolls to search.
She managed to find some rare US coins including a 1909-S VDB cent, a 3-legged Buffalo nickel, and a 1916-D dime. She also managed to save some Indian Head cents including a 1908-S.
United States Indian Head Cent 1908-S
She lost interest in coins in the late 1950's to concentrate on oil painting and genealogy.
At some time in the 1960's she accumulated a bunch of silver half-dollars and quarters which my mother
found in the 1990's on the top back shelf of a closet.
Elsie may have gotten me started with coins by giving me some European coins she brought back from a trip.
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As I've posted before, we can all cite anecdotes of a woman or two here or there interested in coins but sad to say in my collecting over 50 years have run across VERY few women with interests in coins and fewer now than ever before. If I show a coin to my sisters or nieces or workmates or patients or ANY friends or accomplices, I get a blank stare at best and a bit of anger at my nerdiness at worst with a forbidding of me sharing any coin pictures or anecdotes thereafter.
This no matter how much artistry, history, aesthetics or any sort of couching with lightening quick exposures to them of coins. This is not one or two but literally HUNDREDS of females East and West coast and all backgrounds and economic/financial backgrounds.
And I do try to encourage interests but to no avail....Ah well.
Well, just Love coins, period.
"With the population of women participating in the numismatic community growing each year..." is a somewhat ambiguous statement. Participation in the numismatic community could mean a lot of different things, and if one more person joins the hobby or business than exits it, that's considered growth technically- so absent any hard stats, one can only assume things. That said, I do think there are definitely more women in the hobby than when I started in the business- and as I stated earlier, two out of the three coin shops in my town were run by females at one point. Today, we have many female customers...some buying for others, some for themselves. Just some observations.
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Everyone in numismatics is so obsessed with getting YNs engaged to grow the hobby. Why don't we have a major focus on getting women interested in coins? It seems like there's a lot of untapped potential there.
Some of the responses in this thread a giving me some insight into why things are the way they are...
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My wife doesn't collect.
I do.
However, she tries to sell my coins (E-Bay) almost as fast as I can buy them.
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We just had another woman collector in the shop today. There’s a lot more collectors than many would think.
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My wife is getting into the hobby too. I think she is going to the next local show to help finish her sets.
My wife doesn’t even look at my coins and I have a large collection. She will however amuse me with a question about coins from time to time. For the most part I and my son are the only ones that enjoy the hobby. My daughter couldn’t care less about them. I’ve always been curious as to why women generally are not interested in the hobby.
Some of my Instagram statistics:
6k followers: 92.6% men - 7.3% women
Last 90 day reach (22k accounts): 98.3% - 1.6%
Last 90 day content interactions (2,100): 94.5% - 5.4%
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I thought about this question while in Chicago this week - my anecdotal observation is there there seems to be more gender balance among YNs - hopefully that’s more than anecdotal and is a trend. There’s a lot of untapped potential in expanding diversity - gender, race and ethnicity. Attracting new blood will grow the hobby and open new markets for dealers.
My wife tries to spend my coins.
Well I am only 1 but it's a yes from me