Are You A Younger "Stacker"...?

I can drink in all 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories but still a minor as far as the U.S.A. is concerned.

I did a quick tally and I have about $375 dollars in junk silver, probably around $800 in all.

Here is a thread I started on why I started collecting.
https://goccf.com/t/194344

No problem, Stacker. That's a dry factual poll, and you want to talk about how younger collectors relate to the hobby. We're cool with that.

It comes up relatively often, and usually deserves to be talked about when it does. Nothing new under the sun and all that.

Cool, thanks! Ya, I just went to a coin shop and they invited me out to the coin club and said I'd most definitely be the youngest member there. lol. Sounds interesting and I really do want to go out and see what it's all about. Sounded really fun from what he described. I told him I'm used to being the youngest person in the shop and having the vendors think I know nothing, so it won't bother me. Younger collectors to pass on the torch. Who knows, maybe the 2 2011 silver proof sets I bought for my niece and nephew I never see will put a spark in them, when and if they ever receive them.

I'm about 20 years younger. I do a bit of stacking and collecting. I am now trying to do more collecting and less stacking as I have a much lower budget. It is easier to make money on a half dollar worth $100 because of Numismatic value vs $100 of silver value in halfs.

Wow, this is pretty interesting finding out younger stackers. I think it's just awesome!

I'm in my mid 20s and both stack silver/gold and collect coins - started right about 2 years ago. I don't know of anyone else, outside of forums such as this one, anywhere near my age with a similar interest.

It definitely hits me at coin club meetings - good bunch of folks, but I stand out like a sore thumb, age-wise. I think there may be one member in his 30s, one or two in their 40s, and all the rest are 50+.

Personally, I don't find that I'm treated particularly poorly in B&Ms in general, but I do avoid them somewhat, simply because there are better deals - and better coins - online.

Not sure anymore. Been to long since I started coin collecting. I do remember when the first USA coin came out.

I'm in my mid thirties as well...I have been collecting and stacking since I was in my teens. I was at an estate sell yesterday where some coins were being sold. The coins were all sold to 60+ year old gentlemen who paid too much for them in my opinion. I didn't even bid. I think there is a lot of serious collectors that never frequent coin shops or shows. The only coin shop that was in my town closed around 7-8 years ago and to be honest I really don't even miss it. As e30kgk mentioned above I think you can find better quality and selection online and have the items shipped to your door step for free. You can't accurately predict the number of coin collectors and stackers there are strictly basd on the amount of traffic in coin stores and shows. I think we will continue to see an increase in online sells and a decrease in shows and LCS's.

On another note...I think we will see even more collectors as collections continue to get passed down to new generations. Sure some will take the collections and sell it but others will get "bit" by the collecting bug.