Let's enter our age, (61) and I'm sure someone will do the math. This will at least give a view of us posting, but than averages, and/or stats, if one foot is in the fire and the other in a bucket of iced water you should feel just fine.
The collector in me is still young at heart, enjoying the hunt and celebrating the small victories. I started at age 8, am now 54. I'm chasing down membership in the Bust Half Nut Club and am a bit amazed at how much I now know about a pretty obscure bit of the human experience as it relates to early 19th century American coinage. Given all of that, I'm still a young boy when I find that next coin. I would hope the collectors amongst us have that same kind of feeling - those more concerned with investment have most likely had their inner child age on them a bit. zap
But this applies to the so called serious collector. 12 years ago this meant most collectors but now days we serious collectors are outnumbered by new collectors who are much younger on average; 30.
The average age of "serious" collectors increased dramatically from 1965 to 1998 or from about 40 to 54 due to so few newbies getting involved durung these years.
A lot of the newbies now are quite young. They are returning to the hobby after years of college and starting families. Many more will be along over the next ten or twelve years and these col- lectors will be the backbone of the hobby in the future.
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I am 33 myself and not very well healed at the moment but still enjoying the hobby.
Collectors who are coin club members: well over 60.
LRC Numismatics eBay listings:
http://stores.ebay.com/lrcnumismatics
Any articles on this someone could link?
58 here
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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102 capped bust half dollars - 100 die marriages
BHNC #198
But this applies to the so called serious collector. 12 years ago this meant most collectors
but now days we serious collectors are outnumbered by new collectors who are much younger
on average; 30.
The average age of "serious" collectors increased dramatically from 1965 to 1998 or from about
40 to 54 due to so few newbies getting involved durung these years.
A lot of the newbies now are quite young. They are returning to the hobby after years of college
and starting families. Many more will be along over the next ten or twelve years and these col-
lectors will be the backbone of the hobby in the future.