Young adult collectors, chime in hear... say 20 to 29 years old...

LincolnsRule · February 21, 2006 7:17AM

I'm 28. Collected ages 8-14 and then 24 to now...

relayer · February 21, 2006 7:18AM

When do the old farts get a thread?

LincolnsRule · February 21, 2006 7:21AM

Go ahead and start one! Nothing's stopping you...

ar18 · February 21, 2006 7:51AM

collected 12-18, sold collection in college for beer and "stuff" graduated then 23- Now rebuild above and beyond.

edsondl · February 21, 2006 7:54AM

I am still 29 for another month and six days, then I can join the "old farts"

(actually, since 40 is the new 30 in another year I'll be old enough to drink!)

I started collecting in grad school with the state quarters in '99.
Still looking to make enough money to get some big ticket coins for the collection.

Rampage · February 21, 2006 7:59AM

Started collecting around 6 years old. Still have all my childhood coins. Stopped collecting in late middle school and thru high school so I could spend more time and money on girls. Started collecting again around 22 years old and I am 29 now.

stevel48 · February 21, 2006 8:00AM

29 now and started when i was young. 10ish. I stopped in my early teens but my grandfather continued it. After he passed away it all went to me and I have started to add gold to all the silver he colected. A lot of the coins were passed down in my fam. My great grandparents gave my grandparents rolls of morgans and peace dollars that are now mine,

coinlieutenant · February 21, 2006 8:03AM

Hmmm...will be 30 on the 28th of March...

Collected when I was a kid...found girls...got out of collecting...got back in big time in 2001.

J

Cladiator · February 21, 2006 8:05AM

Damn, I missed being a "young adult collector" by a matter of months!

Coindexter · February 21, 2006 8:10AM

27 on the 28th. I started collecting in 2002. I didn't really get serious until last year.

TitusFlavius · February 21, 2006 8:32AM

Started at 12 with wheaties. Now going on 25 and building on the type set my Grandma gave me when she noticed my interest.

BlindedByEgo · February 21, 2006 8:34AM

>>Young adult collectors, chime in hear... say 20 to 29 years old...<<

OK... "Twenty to twenty-nine years old"

Did I pass?

Darkmane · February 21, 2006 8:42AM

started back late in '04

im 22 this week

IdahoGal · February 21, 2006 8:45AM

Good thing I noticed this thread today... 29 today, 30 tomorrow. Does this mean tomorrow I'll be an old adult collector?

TheRaven · February 21, 2006 9:02AM

I am 28 and started collecting in 2001.

Started saving the quarters and then the sac dollars in 1999, then after graduation and before I got a job had plenty of time andthat is why I found coins.....

Pistareen · February 21, 2006 9:13AM

I'm 28 and have been interested pretty steadily since I was 5 or 6. Attended my first ANA show in 1989 (I was 11) and have only missed two since. I've been working in the field full time since 2000.

Longacre · February 21, 2006 10:05AM

I was 29 in 1999!

cladking · February 21, 2006 10:20AM

No compliment or insult intended but I had thought several of you guys were much older.

MikeInFL · February 21, 2006 10:23AM

I'm 29, for the seventh time.

SanctionII · February 21, 2006 10:28AM

Being young or old is a state of mind. I turn 50 in 4 days still think of myself as young (mentally at least) and will continue to do so in my 50's and beyond.

I am sure many will disagree with me, but so what and who cares.

BECOKA · February 21, 2006 10:32AM

I was 29 3 years ago.

Guess I will wait for the 30 and over thread.

OffMetal · February 21, 2006 10:43AM

"YN" = Young Numismatic (<18)
*gap*
"YA" = Young Adult (20-29)

We can make two-lettered abbreviations to classify our age groups

"MA" = Middle Aged (30-50)
"OF" = Old Fart (50+)

Just a thought.......
Ben

TheRaven · February 21, 2006 10:46AM

that *gap* is filled with drunken college student chasing girls......

don't know how to shorten that.....

BicentenBen · February 21, 2006 11:09AM

29 for just a couple of months as my wife hits 30 today! I collected at the age of 10 or so and then just disappeared from it. Collected almost everything possible at one time or another. Started up again after college at the age of 23. Now again at the age of 29 I'm wanting to get serious. I've been more devoted and tried to learn before buying a lot. The tough thing is for the first time in life I have disposal income that is begging to be spent on coins. Let's see if I can be smart about it.

Agflyer · February 21, 2006 12:26PM

I'm 28. My interest in collecting began at 9 when my grandmother gave me a bunch of world coins. I stopped collecting for a while and then picked up again around 2000. My latest effort is to put together a 20th century type set of all the coins I loved as a kid, but could never afford. I've now got a 1937-d 3-legged buffalo, 1955 doubled die Lincoln, 1972 doubled die Lincoln, etc. I'm having a blast.

michael · February 21, 2006 12:56PM

anyone under 30 please post your photos with you at your coins or one of your hobbies

Spiffy469 · February 21, 2006 1:03PM

21 here... 22 next month

Nice to see a bunch of young collectors on here

Jeff

Mercury · February 21, 2006 1:14PM

This thread is unfair to anyone over 30. I am 37 and consider myself a young collector. (have you been to many shows lately?) I do not mean to be offensive to anyone but when I attend the shows in my area I feel like a young guy.

F117ASR · February 21, 2006 1:17PM

I'm 21 and at a show I definately feel like the young guy

chabot510 · February 21, 2006 1:19PM

only 19. still have about 3 full months til i can answer this question

500Bay · February 21, 2006 1:24PM

The late 20's were my second period as a collector. I was a collector in high school, dropped out of collecting in college. In my late 20's I picked it up again, until a home purchase put the brakes on it for a few more years. Now in my early 40's - period three.

I keep learning, and enjoying. I hope you do the same.

WTCG · February 21, 2006 1:27PM

It was necessary for me to begin selling coins several years ago in order to make some money to take girls out. I'm 25 now, and I've always collected coins in limited quantities.

Considering the median age of the average coin show attendee, I would consider anybody under age 40 a young coin collector.

Coinosaurus · February 21, 2006 1:48PM

Let's hear it for the young collectors - who else is gonna buy our collections when we hang it up

Mercury · February 21, 2006 2:02PM

<< <i>Let's hear it for the young collectors - who else is gonna buy our collections when we hang it up

>>

Never Mind my previous remark, I agree we him. I need someone to buy this stuff later, when I really need the $

WTCG · February 21, 2006 2:34PM

<< <i>anyone under 30 please post your photos with you at your coins or one of your hobbies >>

No thanks on the account that a request of the kind seems creepy.

SlangNRox · February 21, 2006 4:59PM

28

KevinMcMillen · February 21, 2006 9:03PM

Old fart 50+ you have to be kidding !!!! More than half the people at coin shows are well over 50 at least at the coin shows I have been at the last 40 years.

50 is still young in coin years thats when most start dealing after a long term job they have a good amount of money that they can use for the new venture.

Thats why I see so many new people at shows over 50 just starting, when I was in my teens & twentys the dealers then would say look around you Kevin your

looking at the future of coins very few young people like yourself to keep things going. I never did agree because coin collectors & dealers

ages at shows seem to be the same around me as when I started. Young eyes are what has kept the TPG at a level that has helped many more get into coins.

Never in coins have things been easier for new collectors or dealers.

SanctionII · February 21, 2006 11:59PM

Reread this thread this morning and am quite pleased with the number of forumites/collectors in the 20-29 age group. It is good to have a flow of new collectors that are young coming into the hobby. It makes it a little easier on the older collectors/ minds to know that when the time comes to sell, there will be plenty of younger collectors willing to buy.

seanq · February 22, 2006 12:55AM

<< <i>No compliment or insult intended but I had thought several of you guys were much older. >>

Same here, I'm too old to join in (turning 36 this May), but I'm honestly surprised and impressed at the knowledge-to-age ratio of some of the other names in this thread.

Sean Reynolds

Young adult collectors, chime in hear... say 20 to 29 years old...

Comments

Leave a Comment