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Which state has the highest number of "serious" collectors per capita?

IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭
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Just curious.

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Washington State. TDN lives here.

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  • atom48coinatom48coin Posts: 314
    Probably Florida or California, since those seem to be the major places I send my eBay sales. image
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  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭
    -- "Washington State. TDN lives here." --

    That's one. image I have noticed, though, that Washington does have quite a few folks who are serious about coinage.


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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have noticed, though, that Washington does have quite a few folks who are serious about coinage. >>



    The weather sucks so bad here that indoor activities are popular. image

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  • RickMilauskasRickMilauskas Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭
    My vote goes to the state of Confusion of the state of Delirium.image
  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭


    << <i>Probably Florida or California, since those seem to be the major places I send my eBay sales. image >>


    Nah. The question is on a per capita basis.
  • thecointraderthecointrader Posts: 480 ✭✭
    Per capita, I think Utah would rank high, and possibly number one. Great numbers of serious collectors there, against a low total population.
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Define "serious." One way to tell would be to look at CW or NN subscriptions per state, or TPG membership per state against state population.
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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭
    I think that RickMilauskas nailed it on the head. image

    Seriously though i'd go with Florida.
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Seriously though i'd go with Florida. >>

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  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭


    << <i>Define "serious." One way to tell would be to look at CW or NN subscriptions per state, or TPG membership per state against state population. >>



    "Serious" as in MrHalfDime with respect to Half Dimes and Dismeguy with respect to Seated Dimes, both of whom live within 20 minutes of me in the great State of Maine. Hint, hint.
  • JimmyJoeJimmyJoe Posts: 52
    California, then New York, then Florida
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,808 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the Utah answer but would probably guess one of the midwestern states. ...Ohio maybe.


    Yeah, Ohio is underrepresented here but this is probably coincidence.
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  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    I vote for Connecticutt.
  • airedaleairedale Posts: 505 ✭
    ANA or Coin World could probably supply the correct answer.
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  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭


    << <i>I like the Utah answer but would probably guess one of the midwestern states. ...Ohio maybe.


    Yeah, Ohio is underrepresented here but this is probably coincidence. >>



    Utah has 2x the population of Maine; Ohio has 10x the population of Maine. I'll bet that Maine would win on a per capita basis even if there were only 2 serious collectors in the entire state.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,909 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Montana or Rhode Island

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Not because I live in Illinois or anything, but for people who are coin collectors it has to be us, ILLINOIS. I say this because people here (basically Chicago area) hoard their change. Hey, it counts as collecting coins image


    Now if you want serious coin collectors, I would say Florida or California. I know it's per-capita, but boy there are a lot of collectors out there.
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    I'll agree with Connecticut.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    Well if we define "serious" as collectors who would pay more than $50 for a coin, then we must exclude almost everyone who posts on these boards. image

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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Florida

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  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Believe it or not, I say HI. There are a ton of collectors there. There is only so much you can do on atiny island in the middle of the pacific!

    I hear every year the HI State Show gets mobbed. >>



    I've been to HI several times. But I've never been able to catch the state show. Is it in Honolulu?
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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    what do you mean by "mobbed"?
  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    Gotta be Texas.
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Just for the hell of it, I went through my last few hundred sales. Guess what? I still don't have a clue. image

    (It ain't Hawaii, though).

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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    Texas, Florida, or Calfornia would be my thoughts. Lots of money and major dealer in all of those states.
  • combatmailmancombatmailman Posts: 670
    Read your monthly Numismatist Magazine from the ANA and look in the Membership Report where it list by state new members, that may give you a better idea of what serious collecters there are per state. Estimated of course, but it seems as if California has more new members for the month of January 2007. image
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Texas, Florida, or Calfornia would be my thoughts. Lots of money and major dealer in all of those states. >>



    There is, but there's also lots of population. He said "per capita".

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  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The dealers who attend the HI show in the past have reported huge crowds of buyers. One told me its like a supermarket checkout. Most people save their monies for the show.

    It is held at the convention center every year.

    I have never attended one. >>



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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The dealers who attend the HI show in the past have reported huge crowds of buyers. One told me its like a supermarket checkout. Most people save their monies for the show.

    It is held at the convention center every year.

    I have never attended one. >>



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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heck, I will throw in Missouri, my current home state. No one has been more serious, for as long a time, as Eric Newman. That should count for something. Add the owner of the undisputed finest set of $20 Libs, also a long-termer, and you have some serious numismatic firepower.
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  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    Nevada,

    Our casinos collect more coins than you could imagine image

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