If the mint is saying over 100 million collectors

Bochiman · January 29, 2009 5:00AM

came into the hobby from the state quarters program, I can't wait to see how many come in thanks to the great idea of the national parks quarters.....

fc · January 29, 2009 5:02AM

i wonder what marketing guru pulled that 100 million number out of
their butt?

so that is basically a good percentage of every american that touched
a quarter in the last several years... sigh.

Placid · January 29, 2009 5:03AM

Maybe these two.

BillJones · January 29, 2009 5:04AM

The number of total collectors could be that high because a lot of parents got their kids started with quarter boards and albums. And I guess you should ad some foreign collectors as well. Still that number seems high. And even if it's right, how many of those kids and others quit in the mddle and can't be called "collectors?"

cladking · January 29, 2009 5:04AM

<< came into the hobby from the state quarters program, I can't wait to see how many come in thanks to the great idea of the national parks quarters.....
>>

It's exciting for me too since every day there are fewer and fewer of the
old quarters in circulation getting buried under the new high mintages.
People are noticing them. By the end of this year there will be many more
of the "new" (the Delaware will be 11 years old) quarters than the old
quarters. As people collect the older coins they'll have to make another
new one to replace it.

And the beat goes on...

ambro51 · January 29, 2009 5:05AM

I wonder how many they have on their 'mailing list'. You can still be a real coin collector if you just order all your stuff brand new from the mint. After all, thats exactly what a lot of collectors in the 19th century done.

But that 10O million....maybe they meant CoinUSERS

Walmann · January 29, 2009 5:06AM

I thought they were referring to number of Treasury agents involved in collections.

rld14 · January 29, 2009 5:12AM

<< i wonder what marketing guru pulled that 100 million number out of
their butt?

so that is basically a good percentage of every american that touched
a quarter in the last several years... sigh. >>

That has to include the "Oh look, I got a Nevada quarter!" crowd.

I don't think that there's 100 million people filling up Danscos.

ambro51 · January 29, 2009 5:19AM

...but would *I* have been counted as a 'coin collector' when I was 10 putting old Lincolns in a Whitman folder....or would I have been ignored and Mr. Wilson who went to his club meetings and had 'real coins', would he have been all that mattered.

Ya gotta start somewhere.....

rgCoinGuy · January 29, 2009 5:31AM

Isn't the answer obvious? 100 Million more!

commoncents123 · January 29, 2009 5:31AM

100 million is 1 in 3 of *all* Americans...I think that's highly unlikely.

SilverEagles92 · January 29, 2009 5:36AM

I think the distinction that the US Mint's numbers do not make is the difference between the occasional collector, and a true coin collector as must of us have claims to being.

The numbers likely include all of the people that save the State quarters in jars, or have one of those maps to put the coins in. That is likely the extent of their coin collecting. And, this is not as much collecting as it is just saving coins from pocket change.

I bet the actual number of collectors - those who read the literature, know the standards (namely grading standards), join the organizations - is much smaller than 100 million.

JMO

LindeDad · January 29, 2009 5:36AM

<< 100 million is 1 in 3 of *all* Americans...I think that's highly unlikely. >>

streeter · January 29, 2009 5:38AM

And in their infinite wisdom,

The ANA captured 16 members out of that 100 million

The ship sailed.

YaHa · January 29, 2009 5:39AM

Did Robert Chambers give that figure to the mint?

I remember Mr. Chambers taking full credit for the launching of the 1986/2005 American Silver Eagle program.

At one time he said he sold over 10 million sets on his show alone.

mgoodm3 · January 29, 2009 5:45AM

They all need to take up coin photography and buy a book about it.

CoinHusker · January 29, 2009 6:00AM

<< came into the hobby from the state quarters program, I can't wait to see how many come in thanks to the great idea of the national parks quarters.....

>>

Things are a lot different in 2009 than in 1999 too.

cladking · January 29, 2009 7:37AM

<< 

Things are a lot different in 2009 than in 1999 too. >>

Indeed!!!

Funny how much things can change before they're noticed.

Bochiman · January 29, 2009 9:05AM

<< 

<< i wonder what marketing guru pulled that 100 million number out of
their butt?

so that is basically a good percentage of every american that touched
a quarter in the last several years... sigh. >>

That has to include the "Oh look, I got a Nevada quarter!" crowd.

I don't think that there's 100 million people filling up Danscos. >>

Reading a month old Coin World, which had interviews/quotes from the Mint's Marketing Director (Pickens?), he was quoted as saying it brought in over 150 million new collectors.....

I am quite dubious about it, and what they use to define "collectors". I will admit that it did bring me back into it as I decided to do the quarter set for my son when he was born, moved into SAEs, then onto ebay and coins, and from there it was Morgans and everything else. I do not think that was typical though.

oldfolkie · January 29, 2009 9:48AM

I really thought my first response to this forum would be a bit more profound, but as a teacher for 25 years and an avid coin collector that started in the 60s I have to say I really don't care about the numbers they suggest. What I do know is for the first time in my career I see a lot of kids checking their coins and collecting Quarters and Dollars and I think that is pretty neat. The quarters are certainly responsible for my renewed interest and my kids. Those of us old enough can remember when it was exciting to collect back in the early sixties, when so much could be found. The Quarters and Dollars have given kids a chance again to put together a collection and they are showing an interest in other coins as well. While I love the classics and 20th century silver it is nice to have things to look forward to in my change again. Yes, some of the designs lack imagination and any sense of art but there are some nice pieces and an old folks hobby is gaining lots of new blood. In that regard the quarters are a success, and there are a lot more collectors than there was 10 years ago.

cladking · January 29, 2009 9:52AM

<< I really thought my first response to this forum would be a bit more profound, but as a teacher for 25 years and an avid coin collector that started in the 60s I have to say I really don't care about the numbers they suggest. What I do know is for the first time in my career I see a lot of kids checking their coins and collecting Quarters and Dollars and I think that is pretty neat. The quarters are certainly responsible for my renewed interest and my kids. Those of us old enough can remember when it was exciting to collect back in the early sixties, when so much could be found. The Quarters and Dollars have given kids a chance again to put together a collection and they are showing an interest in other coins as well. While I love the classics and 20th century silver it is nice to have things to look forward to in my change again. Yes, some of the designs lack imagination and any sense of art but there are some nice pieces and an old folks hobby is gaining lots of new blood. In that regard the quarters are a success, and there are a lot more collectors than there was 10 years ago.

>>

As one old folk to an OldFolkie; Welcome aboard.

RegistryCoin · January 29, 2009 10:05AM

Well said oldfolkie. Welcome to the boards!

PrivateCoinCollector · January 29, 2009 10:08AM

<< i wonder what marketing guru pulled that 100 million number out of
their butt?

>>

Proctoman.

Swampboy · January 29, 2009 10:10AM

<< They all need to take up coin photography and buy a book about it. >>

If the mint is saying over 100 million collectors

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