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No Coin Magazines at the Grocery Store
philographer
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Occasionally I check various magazine racks to see if they hold “Coinage” or “Coins” or other coin-related periodicals. More of a gut check on what’s popular and what’s not these days.
Nope. Haven’t seen any for sale lately.
Guess the world has other interests:
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My grocery chain removed them too. When I asked the Manager why, she said they did that because the coin community supports the NRA.............no kidding.
bob
They have coin magazines? Never saw one, except the greysheet but not sure that could be considered a magazine.
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What’s a magazine?
What are you like 28?
Yea, our local Walmart pulled them in the spring, silver lining though is a Coins subscription saved be 50% from Walmart
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“Inside your cat’s mind” Seriously?? I have a hard enough time figuring out what is in my mind!
At least the cat magazine has ads for litter. Better than over dipped and cleaned coins.
Saw the Numismatist at a newsstand many years ago. Not today.
I wonder if they discuss the evolution of the cat coin bank?
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Strictly and simply a matter of sales/popularity/available space. I would doubt there would be any bias against the numismatic community . . . .it is just a matter of available space and large amounts of niche subjects . . .
Drunner
Coin and most other hobby magazines are gone here as well and I live in a major market. Chickens magazine is awesome though love the centerfolds.
I'm surprised they sold them for as long as they did, I used to subscribe to Coinword and NN, now I get all the hobby info I want on the internet.
My dad used to pick me up a copy of COINage every once in a while. Coin-topic magazines have been missing for more than 10 years at any store I have looked in - probably more like 20. It is a very small community, and when space is limited, you stock what sells. The internet has all but killed magazines except for those for soon-to-be brides and celebrity gossip.
In my neck of the woods, coin magazines are available only at book stores, if you can find one !!!
Coin collectors are by and large a frugal group. My guess they go the internet route or subscribe.
It would be interesting to poll how many people here actually subscribe to Coins, Coinage, Numismatic News (NN) or Coin World anymore. I stopped my subscription to NN years ago.
I have not ben asked to write anything for COINage for months. You may look at this as you please.
I dropped my subscriptions about a year ago.
I've never seen them in a grocery store around here, but my local Barnes and Noble bookstore still carries several.
Sign of the digital age. I just picked up 1931 and 1934 issues of "The Star", Max Mehl's coin catalogues. Chocked full of interesting info on the history of coinage as seen thru the eyes of Mehl. Photos and sketches of assorted coins. Cost and value are a hoot given the years. Peace Roy
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You live in a very strange area
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Barnes & Noble carries them in this area.... The local supermarket stopped carrying firearm magazines, so did the drugstore. I told the market manager to bring them back or I would shop at another market... Two are back so far....I usually subscribe, so the threat is really a matter of principle. Cheers, RickO
My local library carries current copies of some coin magazines which you can check out for a week at a time.
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@philographer do those hobby magazines also cover collecting slabbed cats & chickens or just raw ones?
I used to be able to find coin magazines and coin price magazines at almost any larger grocery store just a few years back. Now, they are nowhere to be found. Barnes and Noble is the only place now.
She probably learned that bit of misinformation in high school or college.
Maybe we should drop off old issues of our magazines at the doctor's office, the dentist office, WalMart / and or rest stop restrooms,(or VA hospital waiting areas), to increase interest.
Well that's one way to get the news out, since we don't find them in newsstands. Somebody's gotta promote ! I may as well.
No spam intended.
Well with spelling like that I am not surprised! Seriously I can only find them at my local bookstore...have not been able to get one at the supermarket in quite a few years. The decline in the collector base along with most info available online makes the magazines somewhat obsolete. I do get 'The Numismatist' every month and will read most of the articles.
K
You can’t find a magazine where I live except in your mailbox.
Perhaps a subscription to “Chickens” is in order then! 😜
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That is a great idea.
They will definitely use it for bon fire around here
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Let us know the chain and we will take our business elsewhere.
@Elmhurst -Smiths or King Soopers (same company).
bob