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I hope to have about 50 years left in this hobby, what do you think things will look like at ANA 206
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Spent some free time going through some boxes of my childhood and found a 1985 black book coin price guide. That means I have now been collecting for 30 years, during this time I don't think I have ever gone more than a couple of months without buying a coin. I am a true addict. I am now in my mid 30's and hopefully will not have to exit this hobby until my mid 80's or later, that means about 50 more years of collecting life left.
In fact I would imagine that my most prolific years as a collector are still 10-20yrs away.
Maybe by then I will have figured out how to get paragraphs breaks to appear.
Who plans to meet me at ANA 2065. I may be one of the only guys there who can honestly say that he submitted coins to PCGS and got rattlers back and remembers when the ANA anacs slab was cutting edge.
In fact I would imagine that my most prolific years as a collector are still 10-20yrs away.
Maybe by then I will have figured out how to get paragraphs breaks to appear.
Who plans to meet me at ANA 2065. I may be one of the only guys there who can honestly say that he submitted coins to PCGS and got rattlers back and remembers when the ANA anacs slab was cutting edge.
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And I am certain that they are out there.
I really admire your spirit, though, very much.
I am about 10-15 years older than you and I plan on being around in the hobby for a long time to come.
It's only getting better from what I can see and what I can tell and I don't see our hobby going extinct.
I feel that I'll look back on these days and be darned glad that I got really involved like I did, as the coins will be so much rarer and more valuable by then.
I plan to collect for another 35 years, at least.
I am with you, brother, and YES I am a full blown coin addict.
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Will grading standards change? We have what's called "market acceptable" (raw or slabbed) but does that ebb & flow?
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I'll have my 100th birthday in that year... if by some miracle I'm not already pushing up daisies by then, which I'm pretty sure I will be.
I imagine lots of people will still collect coins then. The hobby is not nearly as dead or dying as some would think.
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Most of the current members will be dust then.
At 68 now in 2015 I will not be here to see it but hope all is well.
Remember how crazy the future 2015 looked in the Back to the Future movies? Realize how much it looks the same now as it did then?
I'm sure there will be some changes, but I'm betting the bourse, auctions, and collectors will be more or less the same.
I hope to be there. I will only be 115.
bob
The ANA will unfortunately not exist in the year 2065. By mid-century interest in coin collecting will have reached an all-time low, with only a handfull of octogenarians having any interest whatsoever. The final blow will occur at the 2064 ANA annual convention. There will be horrific rioting and general mayhem ensuing over the sale of the U.S. Mint's 100th anniversary Kennedy Half Dollar commemorative set. The set will include one silver half, one clad half, one silver proof, one clad proof, one silver reverse proof, one clad reverse proof, one matte finish half in silver, one matte finish clad half, one matte finish silver proof, one matte finish clad proof, one matte finish silver reverse proof, one matte finish clad reverse proof, and a Jacqueline Kennedy commemorative medal in reverse proof deep cameo matte finish (new technology). The publicity surrounding the rioting will be so damaging, that an already shaky and moribund ANA will decide to permanently cease operations as of December 31, 2064. Sad but true.
I like the original ANA slabs and have a few myself. In fifty years from now I kinda think coin collection will not be as popular as it is now by a long shot. Just my opinion.
Spent some free time going through some boxes of my childhood and found a 1985 black book coin price guide. That means I have now been collecting for 30 years, during this time I don't think I have ever gone more than a couple of months without buying a coin. I am a true addict. I am now in my mid 30's and hopefully will not have to exit this hobby until my mid 80's or later, that means about 50 more years of collecting life left.
In fact I would imagine that my most prolific years as a collector are still 10-20yrs away.
Maybe by then I will have figured out how to get paragraphs breaks to appear.
Who plans to meet me at ANA 2065. I may be one of the only guys there who can honestly say that he submitted coins to PCGS and got rattlers back and remembers when the ANA anacs slab was cutting edge.
Funny, my first coin book I purchased was an old soft coler black book from about 67 or 68. I don't know if I still have it, but if I do, it's well hidden away.
If I have 50 years of collecting left, I'll be the fossil that is older than a vast majority of my coins.
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
Remember how crazy the future 2015 looked in the Back to the Future movies? Realize how much it looks the same now as it did then?
I'm sure there will be some changes, but I'm betting the bourse, auctions, and collectors will be more or less the same.
Indeed, the future is very difficult to predict. I think it's funny how most visions of the future from 50 years ago include flying cars.
The ANA will unfortunately not exist in the year 2065. By mid-century interest in coin collecting will have reached an all-time low, with only a handfull of octogenarians having any interest whatsoever. The final blow will occur at the 2064 ANA annual convention. There will be horrific rioting and general mayhem ensuing over the sale of the U.S. Mint's 100th anniversary Kennedy Half Dollar commemorative set. The set will include one silver half, one clad half, one silver proof, one clad proof, one silver reverse proof, one clad reverse proof, one matte finish half in silver, one matte finish clad half, one matte finish silver proof, one matte finish clad proof, one matte finish silver reverse proof, one matte finish clad reverse proof, and a Jacqueline Kennedy commemorative medal in reverse proof deep cameo matte finish (new technology). The publicity surrounding the rioting will be so damaging, that an already shaky and moribund ANA will decide to permanently cease operations as of December 31, 2064. Sad but true.
Trust me, after what happened last year with the Gold Kennedy's, the ANA will not allow another circus like that to take place. EVER.
Greg