coin world weekly

PTVETTER

I remember the coin world from maybe the 60's when it was the size of a newspaper.
My oh my have times changed!
It has gone on a major diet nowadays!
Very sad indeed................

Insider2

All the publications have shrunk. Numismatic News has one week only on line.

derryb

but it is viewable on line.

BackroadJunkie

They have a pretty good on-line presence. I use them as a source for info more than any other site, so they're still on their game...

shorecoll

In the early 60's it was still Numismatic Scrapbook, which was digest sized, then it went to the newspaper format as some of the early 60's NS were 1/2" thick, mostly with ads.

PTVETTER

I know things change, but that is NOT always for the best.
Today's youth is more interested in Internet games than anything.
I am an old school guy, drank water from a garden hose, and still can't buy bottled water.

logger7

It is largely the online competition. Even in the late 90s early 2000s it was still impressive. Unless a meteor storm knocks down most of the communication satellites, the trend will just continue.

BLUEJAYWAY

I remember the double issues as well. And on the front page they would list the # of subscribers. "Coin Collectors Clearinghouse" was always my go to first page of reading. Remember the "Trading Post" section which was just before the classified ads section. I ran my first ads in a publication in the "Trading Post" section. The July issues this year seem thinner than normal.

ricko

I recall when there were coin ads on comic books... Littleton did that.. and I think one other, though I do not recall who... Those and X-Ray glasses for those kids with raging hormones... Cheers, RickO

BLUEJAYWAY

@ricko said:
I recall when there were coin ads on comic books... Littleton did that.. and I think one other, though I do not recall who... Those and X-Ray glasses for those kids with raging hormones... Cheers, RickO

Honor House was the company that sold the items in back of the comic books. They also sold black soap,joy buzzers,whoopee cushions,fly in the ice cube, and other novelty things.

golden

I have been a Coin World subscriber sine the Spring of 1965. My subscription runs out next Spring. I am thinking about dropping my subscription.

PTVETTER

Talk about remembering old ads. I remember one could buy old rifles mail order.