I know I'm at that old age era, because I keep noticing furniture around my house and pointing out to people that a certain piece of furniture is as old as that person I'm talking to. Ex: I have a fridge in my basement (Hotpoint), that still works, that's going on 30 years. Lol. See, I just reminded you!Lol.
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@2ndCharter said:
I went to my first coin show in 1965 at the age of 15 and, quite understandably, I was the youngster there. The disconcerting thing is, I go to some shows today and I STILL feel like the youngster there when I look at the even older codgers around me. Anybody else get that feeling?
It’s always been an older man’s game. Youngsters don’t have the disposable income that the older guys do. I don’t get this feeling, at all, about being the youngest one. Last year I was at a show and I saw plenty of 20 and 30 somethings. Instead of pressing coins into boards from pocket change they are now trading on Instagram and social media.... They are there..... They are the coin codgers of tomorrow....Trust me.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
Based on this poll the 16-45 year olds don’t have too long wait until there is a fire sale
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Walker Proof Digital Album 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......
Just voted. Looks like the demographics haven't changed since last year.
"pressing coins into boards from pocket change they are now trading on Instagram and social media.... They are there..... They are the coin codgers of tomorrow....Trust me. "
As a patient once told me when I asked him, I am five years older than my teeth....remaining teeth I should add.
I started collecting at age 6, pulling Walking Liberty halves out of circulation with my dad.
I'll be 65 in a few months and am still logging more than 12,000 steps a day, which includes two or three 35-minute runs per week. I'm 6'4" and 190-195 lbs., the same weight I was in high school. Never was an athlete, but I've been physically active my whole life, thanks mainly to personal choice and darn good genes passed down from both sides of the family.
@Catbert said:
When the brackets have inconsistent amount of year spans, it distorts the visual representation of the graph.
I categorized the brackets based on generations, and typical periods in a man's life when he will acquire wealth (particularly, disposable wealth) to invest in a hobby.
Obviously any coin collector under 18 years old isn't going to have worked up the same net worth as a 60 year old man, unless he inherited it or won the lottery.
Someone 18-25 has only had, at best, a few years to save (while probably going to college and buying a first car, spending money on a needy girlfriend, etc.).
A 7 year span isn't "consistent" with 18 years, that is true. But there is a valid reason for contrasting those two age groups. They haven't had equal time to grow their wealth as independent people.
Someone 26-35 has had between 4 and 14 years years to grow their wealth, assuming they went to college and immediately obtained a job after graduating. Again, 10 years is not equal to 7 or 18 years. But for another valid reason. If you have already bought a house in age range 26-35, then your finances tend to stabilize (as compared to renting, which produces no equity), and savings and disposable income can increase among the financially savvy. Or decrease among the debt-saddled.
I could have broken down the remaining age brackets into 36-50, 51-65, and 66-80, each equally a 15-year span, but the reason I separated it the way I did in the poll is because a 46 year old is most likely going to have already let their grown kids out of the house, or be almost there (increasing their disposable income); and a 60 year is most likely to have savings.
"Equal spans of time" was not my goal. I wanted to segment the groups by partitions into statistically differentiable income/disposable income groups.
@sparky64 ....Not napping, not in line for early bird specials....I never nap and I do most of the cooking at home...never went to an early bird restaurant....I just keep on doing things, working at something I enjoy, active socially, lots of interests. Not all us old guys fit the stereotype.... Cheers, RickO
@Catbert said:
When the brackets have inconsistent amount of year spans, it distorts the visual representation of the graph.
I categorized the brackets based on generations, and typical periods in a man's life when he will acquire wealth (particularly, disposable wealth) to invest in a hobby.
Obviously any coin collector under 18 years old isn't going to have worked up the same net worth as a 60 year old man, unless he inherited it or won the lottery.
Someone 18-25 has only had, at best, a few years to save (while probably going to college and buying a first car, spending money on a needy girlfriend, etc.).
A 7 year span isn't "consistent" with 18 years, that is true. But there is a valid reason for contrasting those two age groups. They haven't had equal time to grow their wealth as independent people.
Someone 26-35 has had between 4 and 14 years years to grow their wealth, assuming they went to college and immediately obtained a job after graduating. Again, 10 years is not equal to 7 or 18 years. But for another valid reason. If you have already bought a house in age range 26-35, then your finances tend to stabilize (as compared to renting, which produces no equity), and savings and disposable income can increase among the financially savvy. Or decrease among the debt-saddled.
I could have broken down the remaining age brackets into 36-50, 51-65, and 66-80, each equally a 15-year span, but the reason I separated it the way I did in the poll is because a 46 year old is most likely going to have already let their grown kids out of the house, or be almost there (increasing their disposable income); and a 60 year is most likely to have savings.
"Equal spans of time" was not my goal. I wanted to segment the groups by partitions into statistically differentiable income/disposable income groups.
Fair enough, I appreciate your thinking. Your beginning post asked about age and didn't reference disposable income as a factor in the bracketing. Thus my reaction about the visual representation of age brackets being inconsistent.
Seated Half Society member #38 "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
If you study the graph you might conclude that the hobby is in trouble. Only 27% are age 45 and under. I am 67 and fell in love with coins when I was a kid. I got away from it for many years and then returned in my early 60's. I think that a lot of us are in that boat. We now have more time and more financial resources to collect.
Truman was president when I popped out. I didn't vote in your dang poll. But I still can run several miles at a time when the mood strikes me ... But not in a mask. Well, they might look like walking to you, but they feel like running to me.
I am 46, and do my best to live a healthy, happy, and an honest life,...with that in mind; make friends, and collect what you like; but, also be sure you "appoint" someone to carry that torch for you, with a mindset that it's just a hobby, a release, and we are all having fun in this journey to the next one, temporarily, yet, a necessary distraction to the next place...
Gotcha beat (barely) - my Grandfather gave me a Blue Book for Christmas in 1957 (still have it) and I visited a coin shop in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1960. I paid 10 cents for a 1955-S cent to complete that Whitman folder (still have that, too).
This morning I think I am 2 days younger than death but three days older than dirt, but I did not see that on the poll. ( I know I am old as my back hurts so much, and I know I am still alive because my back hurts so much)
@johnny9434 said:
60 last month and I am grateful to be here. Fwiw
@GiveMeProof said:
There were two choices for 60 years old... I went with the low range.
I'm one of those special ages that appears in two brackets as well. Guess if you're 60, you are given a choice and fall into the largest range of the group..29 years...I went with the high range before I looked closer but would have gone with the lower range like @GiveMeProof .
Im in the 60+ category. I paid 17 years of college tuition (4 sons) . Promise was 4 years to each son, nobody has a college loan but I couldn't afford to collect anything. Now I want everything I see.
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Here is the CU Pole from last year https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/12352389#Comment_12352389
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Thank you for including 35 year olds with 20 something year olds! Makes me feel younger
I'm from the 'Clad' era
I know I'm at that old age era, because I keep noticing furniture around my house and pointing out to people that a certain piece of furniture is as old as that person I'm talking to. Ex: I have a fridge in my basement (Hotpoint), that still works, that's going on 30 years. Lol. See, I just reminded you!Lol.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.It’s always been an older man’s game. Youngsters don’t have the disposable income that the older guys do. I don’t get this feeling, at all, about being the youngest one. Last year I was at a show and I saw plenty of 20 and 30 somethings. Instead of pressing coins into boards from pocket change they are now trading on Instagram and social media.... They are there..... They are the coin codgers of tomorrow....Trust me.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Based on this poll the 16-45 year olds don’t have too long wait until there is a fire sale
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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......
Napping...or in line for the early bird special at Golden Corral.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Just voted. Looks like the demographics haven't changed since last year.
"pressing coins into boards from pocket change they are now trading on Instagram and social media.... They are there..... They are the coin codgers of tomorrow....Trust me. "
Elder codgers for the win...…………….
Sold a couple coins in BST a while back. Kid was 16yrs old, promptly paid 4 digits, and was a pleasure to deal with.
As a patient once told me when I asked him, I am five years older than my teeth....remaining teeth I should add.
I started collecting at age 6, pulling Walking Liberty halves out of circulation with my dad.
Commems and Early Type
I'll be 65 in a few months and am still logging more than 12,000 steps a day, which includes two or three 35-minute runs per week. I'm 6'4" and 190-195 lbs., the same weight I was in high school. Never was an athlete, but I've been physically active my whole life, thanks mainly to personal choice and darn good genes passed down from both sides of the family.
These threads always make me feel so young.
Hire a kid to mow the lawn.
Get tired of paying a kid to mow the lawn and neighbors complaining about your dandelions, drill for oil...
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Getting old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you sumthin' . . . . that ain't no optical illusion, it only looks like an optical illusion.
My mind reader refuses to charge me....
According to the poll, us old geezers have the majority. Lol
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.72 yesterday.
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I’m in the green. I remember when green meant go😂
We are a bunch of “grumpy old men”
U.S. Type Set
You're all old farts to me!!!
(Just kidding)
It ain't easy being green,,,,,,, anyone remember that commercial?
I categorized the brackets based on generations, and typical periods in a man's life when he will acquire wealth (particularly, disposable wealth) to invest in a hobby.
Obviously any coin collector under 18 years old isn't going to have worked up the same net worth as a 60 year old man, unless he inherited it or won the lottery.
Someone 18-25 has only had, at best, a few years to save (while probably going to college and buying a first car, spending money on a needy girlfriend, etc.).
A 7 year span isn't "consistent" with 18 years, that is true. But there is a valid reason for contrasting those two age groups. They haven't had equal time to grow their wealth as independent people.
Someone 26-35 has had between 4 and 14 years years to grow their wealth, assuming they went to college and immediately obtained a job after graduating. Again, 10 years is not equal to 7 or 18 years. But for another valid reason. If you have already bought a house in age range 26-35, then your finances tend to stabilize (as compared to renting, which produces no equity), and savings and disposable income can increase among the financially savvy. Or decrease among the debt-saddled.
I could have broken down the remaining age brackets into 36-50, 51-65, and 66-80, each equally a 15-year span, but the reason I separated it the way I did in the poll is because a 46 year old is most likely going to have already let their grown kids out of the house, or be almost there (increasing their disposable income); and a 60 year is most likely to have savings.
"Equal spans of time" was not my goal. I wanted to segment the groups by partitions into statistically differentiable income/disposable income groups.
Okay. Do it over!
58 here. Put a poll like this on Instagram, and the results will skew the other direction. And yes, quite a few collect classic coins too.
10-4,
My Instagram picturesErik
My registry sets
@sparky64 ....Not napping, not in line for early bird specials....I never nap and I do most of the cooking at home...never went to an early bird restaurant....I just keep on doing things, working at something I enjoy, active socially, lots of interests. Not all us old guys fit the stereotype....
Cheers, RickO
77
BTW. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Fair enough, I appreciate your thinking. Your beginning post asked about age and didn't reference disposable income as a factor in the bracketing. Thus my reaction about the visual representation of age brackets being inconsistent.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
46-60 I’m 49 I think that’s an unfair! But if I was 59 it would be fair
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https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
LOL! I just cracked the next notch above!
double post, way after the fact
10-4,
My Instagram picturesErik
My registry sets
Old enough to have watched this in 1969, lol
...
Medicare is knocking at my door.
If you study the graph you might conclude that the hobby is in trouble. Only 27% are age 45 and under. I am 67 and fell in love with coins when I was a kid. I got away from it for many years and then returned in my early 60's. I think that a lot of us are in that boat. We now have more time and more financial resources to collect.
Truman was president when I popped out. I didn't vote in your dang poll. But I still can run several miles at a time when the mood strikes me ... But not in a mask. Well, they might look like walking to you, but they feel like running to me.
Kind regards,
George
I am 46, and do my best to live a healthy, happy, and an honest life,...with that in mind; make friends, and collect what you like; but, also be sure you "appoint" someone to carry that torch for you, with a mindset that it's just a hobby, a release, and we are all having fun in this journey to the next one, temporarily, yet, a necessary distraction to the next place...
To that end of the trail....
55, and still obsessed with Led Zeppelin...
AND HER...
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Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
About 30 years older than I was when I started collecting.
59 years older than when I started collecting.
@golden said:
59 years older than when I started collecting.
You win !! I'm only 56 years older than when I started.
59 years older than when I started collecting.
Gotcha beat (barely) - my Grandfather gave me a Blue Book for Christmas in 1957 (still have it) and I visited a coin shop in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1960. I paid 10 cents for a 1955-S cent to complete that Whitman folder (still have that, too).
Member ANA, SPMC, SCNA, FUN, CONECA
This morning I think I am 2 days younger than death but three days older than dirt, but I did not see that on the poll. ( I know I am old as my back hurts so much, and I know I am still alive because my back hurts so much)
I'm one of those special ages that appears in two brackets as well. Guess if you're 60, you are given a choice and fall into the largest range of the group..29 years...I went with the high range before I looked closer but would have gone with the lower range like @GiveMeProof .
We should have another poll. How Old Do You Feel?
So, are you saying that you "Ain"t as good as you once was"
In the perspective of "physical" age that is correct.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Im in the 60+ category. I paid 17 years of college tuition (4 sons) . Promise was 4 years to each son, nobody has a college loan but I couldn't afford to collect anything. Now I want everything I see.
MIKE B.