My Faith in our Hobby's future gets renewed sometimes.
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I know from time to time we discuss the lack of young collectors and the future of Numismatics, but all is not lost.
I just had a man before me, he seemed to be in his mid-late 30's. He asks if we have any Washington/Carver commems that he can look at: so begins the conversation!! It turns out he has an 11 year old son who is interested. It so happens I have PCGS 1946 BTW graded MS65, part of a small group I was pricing this morning. We talk as he looks at the coin and then turns his attention to an old style roll-around we have next to my desk.
Much to my surprise he notices another PCGS coin, an MS69 Crispus Attucks/Black Patriots. As I'm pulling it out I ask him if knows the significance of the coin from a historical aspect and he does, because his young son told him!!! Crispus Attucks is regarded as one of the first people killed in the American Revolutionary War. So this boy is on his way, with an interest in coins and at least a beginning understanding about why some are made.
Good for him and good for us.
Al. H
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I hope father and son keep each other interested. Coin collecting is a wonderful father-son hobby.
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And let's not forget our grandkids
There is history inside of coins
Thanks for sharing Al! Good stuff
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
My experience has been that most of us have a bit of the history buff in him/her. Beyond the historical content, the dates/ages of individual coins have been a source of fascination for me since childhood. Who has touched this 1860 Liberty Seated dollar? Where has it been? What is its story? Same for many darkside coins and ancients....
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Thanks for sharing that story. A good example of what Bowers is talking about when he says that coins are "portals to the past."
Good for him and good for us.
Amen - good story - thanks for posting!
And a vast combination for family, extended relatives and just plain old friends that enjoy history, art and design that have been captured on coinage throughout the world.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Great story.
I haven't lost faith in the future of our beloved hobby.
This supports my beliefs.
Thanks for sharing.
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That's nice to hear. (and it might be nice for business too)
The hobby of coin collecting goes back to at least the Roman emperor Augustus who "was fond of old and foreign coins and would often give them as gifts to friends" according to the Roman historian Suetonius (De Vita Caesarium). So it's been around for at least 2000 years and I suspect that as long as people are interested in history the hobby will continue on.
Who's faith is shaken, in the hobby ? Switt's decendants , perhaps ?
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Great story.... just shows (along with several others in the last two days) that YN's are out there. I have never ascribed to the oft stated theory of coin collecting dying out... I see far too much life in it... there are definitely young kids, and even young adults (check twitter) involved in coin collecting.... sure, older people as well... always remember the economic side of the hobby as well... expensive coins require disposable income..something few kids have available....so they do the pocket change/bank rolls routine. Cheers, RickO
Love it!
Great story, it's nice to be able to share in the fun of coin collecting with family
Great story, the very reason I started collecting, my Dad.
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I am thinking this is a common thread among collectors. As a kid in the 1960's I had a meager collection from pocket change. I did not get back into collecting until my 40's, but could not really afford to collect good coins until I was in my 50's.