Are More of Us here Over 40 or Under?

braddick · September 14, 2015 11:58AM

Is there a shift in the average collectors age these days? Are there more of us here on these forums who are 40 or over or 39 and under?

Just my random curiosity getting the best of me.

CoinZip · September 14, 2015 12:22PM

I'm a 1970 model....

DollarAfterDollar · September 14, 2015 12:26PM

I'm from 1953 the year the Corvette was introduced.

TPRC · September 14, 2015 12:28PM

I'll take the "over" on that one!

Boosibri · September 14, 2015 12:30PM

33

ms70 · September 14, 2015 12:33PM

This thread could've been titled, "Are more of us chrome bumpers or polypropylene bumpers?"

Proofmorgan · September 14, 2015 12:34PM

27

Walkerfan · September 14, 2015 12:36PM

<< <i>This thread could've been titled, "Are more of us chrome bumpers or polypropylene bumpers?" >>

Yes, or who among us are 'crusty' and who have 'just been dipped'!

TopographicOceans · September 14, 2015 12:49PM

Old men in the coin collecting community??? That's unheard of!
Those are like MS68 Morgans - very rare

Remember 50 is considered middle aged, but that's only if you live to be 100.

TwoSides2aCoin · September 14, 2015 12:52PM

They don't call me a '55 Doubled Eye Guy for nothing.

Coinosaurus · September 14, 2015 12:58PM

I think the over/under is around 55.

bolivarshagnasty · September 14, 2015 1:00PM

Bubbles, LOL.

I came into the world the year the US mint introduced the memorial design on the Lincoln cent.

Icollecteverything · September 14, 2015 1:09PM

<< <i>Bubbles, LOL.

I came into the world the year the US mint introduced the memorial design on the Lincoln cent. >>

I got the last wheat cent, a pretty good year for lower modern mintages.

cointime · September 14, 2015 1:15PM

Over 40

mariner67 · September 14, 2015 1:24PM

Let's just say way over!

1Bustcollector · September 14, 2015 1:30PM

I grew up on muscle cars, had classic cars and once owned a cool 32 5-W coupe. Im even Steven with Heinz 57 brand now.....

BustHalfBrian · September 14, 2015 1:42PM

I was born in the same year as first 'W' mint Roosevelt Dime.

jessewvu · September 14, 2015 1:54PM

I have about 5 years to hit 40. That, to me, seems crazy! Thanks for putting in all the leg work for those older and more knowledgable than me!

coinlieutenant · September 14, 2015 1:57PM

Just squeaked in the young gun group.

Hard to believe I was just 27 when I started on the forum!

lasvegasteddy · September 14, 2015 2:12PM

<< <i>I think the over/under is around 55. >>

i'm holding out for this poll
so i can be a youngster...well younger then ol twosides2acoin anyways as he gets booted onto the other side of a poll
i don't want to be old like him

valente151 · September 14, 2015 2:27PM

21... though I'll be taking a hiatus from coins for a while starting next year. one less young face.

SkyMan · September 14, 2015 2:33PM

I came around the same year Barbie did. Given how she looks, I think she may have had a little plastic surgery...

msch1man · September 14, 2015 3:01PM

I do think the 'graying' of the coin collector that we've all read about in numerous posts/articles/etc. is a bit of a concern, but might be a tad overblown. I think there are many of us that are, what I would consider, very serious collectors that are south of 40 (even if not by much

)...you just might not see us at as many shows as we would like due to our current life stage (namely due to job demands and young kids). No one can predict the future obviously, but I don't think the sky is falling.

bob48 · September 14, 2015 3:18PM

My first car was a 64 Malibu 4 speed, you know shift by pushing the clutch down, Then a 69 Dodge Dart 340 4 barrel.
My daughter will never know what shifting a manual transmission means.
Lets just say over.

lasvegasteddy · September 14, 2015 3:24PM

my 1st car had a hole in the front bumper for crank starting incase the starter failed as well as pop up turn signals

i miss my ol 59 morris minor

Bullsitter · September 14, 2015 4:06PM

61...........AG03....

coindudeonebay · September 14, 2015 9:03PM

Last year in the 40's here... dang that sux!

Yorkshireman · September 14, 2015 10:01PM

Surprised that the current poll shows only about 74% as over 40.
I am 54.

PerryHall · September 14, 2015 10:02PM

<< <i>Is there a shift in the average collectors age these days? Are there more of us here on these forums who are 40 or over or 39 and under?

Just my random curiosity getting the best of me. >>

I was coin collecting as a teenager in the mid 1960's and belonged to a fairly large coin club at the time. The demographics of coin collectors hasn't changed much since then. It has always been mostly a hobby for older white males. I'm glad to see there are a few more minority and female collectors entering the hobby.

oih82w8 · September 14, 2015 10:15PM

For my birth year, I helped bring in the 100th anniversary of the confederation of Canada;

BillJones · September 14, 2015 10:24PM

I am 66 and counting ...

Oh to be 40 again ... although I must say that I am much happier now than I was then.

jdimmick · September 14, 2015 10:34PM

45 tomorrow actually

mercurydimeguy · September 14, 2015 10:40PM

46 and counting...

guitarwes · September 14, 2015 10:45PM

Will be 38 in two months. Wow. I used to think that was old......really old. I started thinking about when I was 19 (which seemed like it was just a couple years ago), now I'm DOUBLE that!

I started collecting when I was about 26.

david3142 · September 14, 2015 11:00PM

I'm 35 and have been collecting for over 20 years.

CircOnly · September 14, 2015 11:08PM

<----Less than 40.

MonsterCoinz · September 14, 2015 11:09PM

27 reporting in.

JJSingleton · September 14, 2015 11:10PM

I'm 57 and only started seriously collecting in my late 30's. Many people will read into this poll, and general hobby demographics, that the hobby is dying because only 25% are under 40. I don't believe that to be true. I think there are a great many collectors like me who dabbled in coins since being a kid but only became serious at an older age.

TwoSides2aCoin · September 14, 2015 11:18PM

This is the only sport where the older person can beat me worse than the energy of a younger person ever could.
That is, until they're under 13 …. then I give in and for me and many; that's the good nature of the beast.

It's still a great sport for young and old alike.

fishteeth · September 14, 2015 11:30PM

38 although I purchased my first red book in 1985 and sent my first coin to be graded in 1988. I remember when the first PCGS graded coins started to show up.

OKbustchaser · September 14, 2015 11:36PM

Over 40...over 50...over 60.

Funny, when going to shows I only seem to see people either over the age of 50 or under the age of 15. Of course, when I attended my first coin show back in 1963 I only saw people who were over the age of 50 or under the age of 15. The same thing when I was 20...when I was 30...when I was 40.

And the conversation at ALL of them was about how coin collecting was going the way of the dodo bird because aging collectors weren't being replaced by younger ones.

OPA · September 14, 2015 11:37PM

I've been 38 years of age for 34 years

DAM · September 14, 2015 11:38PM

58 and feel like 36. Oh to be 36 again.

bigjpst · September 14, 2015 11:54PM

Over 40 by just a couple of years. Collected as a kid, dabbled a bit in my twenties and got a bit more serious (meaning spending real money) in my thirties.