Is Coin Collecting Losing Interest?

When I joined my first coin club in 1975 the average age of the membership was 55 years old. Thirty six years later most of the members that were there when I joined are now dead. The average age of the membership is 56 years old. I have two other local clubs that I have been a member of for over twenty years and they each had a similar average age and rise in average age over those twenty plus years. Most very young collectors are usually only active for a couple of years. but when they return to the hobby they tend to be active for 30 to 40 years. So you would EXPECT there to be 20 or more older collectors for every YN

Starting in the early 1970's coins just got too expensive for young people. IF my son inherits my collection I doubt he will take the time to locate the best price for the collection.

I'm 13!

I am also 13

I've been here and there a lot, bu t I'm mostly known on here for collecting errors, I looooove error coins. I also like helping others with identifying what they have

The best error I've gotten was the one in my avatar, it's called a struck through rotated caped die, it got a lot of conversation, I ended up selling it for $200, the best part was that I found it roll searching.

I am 43 been collecting for more than 30 years. My fiance has 2 young girls age 7 and 5. I have begun to work with the 7 year old on coins. She is using coins at school to learn money counting. So she recognize certian coins already. The younger one just like to get money and put it in her piggy bank. I have been suprising them when they are good with different things. Like I got them each a $2.00 bill, Statehood Quarters and so on. I also like to go through their piggy banks to search for errors. Not all the money in there is from me. So they love playing and looking through my 10X loupe. I am thinking about handing it off to the older one once I get my 40X with led lights. Now my fiance doesn't understand that it is a hobby/investment/ sometimes short turn around money maker.

Well it is great to see young people in the hobby, I may just stand corrected. Hope all you young guys and gals keep at it as it truly is a hobby for life.
Now for me just to get the funds to actually buy something ! Too many hobbies not enough time.

Tony