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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm 28, and I've been collecting since I was 23. I've slowed down a bit now that I've got a baby but part of that is also the initial "oh, I don't have an (insert emperor or region here) yet!" drying up and me starting to focus much more on quality than quantity.
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Moderator
 United States
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Really nice Sassanian Shapur II.
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Valued Member
United Arab Emirates
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Thanks! Got it for way undermarket value at an auction that apparently didnt market its Sasanian coinage well :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
It is good to hear from some young collectors. Most of my collecting friends are old to very old and it is common to hear from US collectors the opinion that that the young generation is playing video games and not taking up collecting. Go to a coin show and you will see lots of old guys and only a few women. Some of the younger guys who are buying coins are not actually collectors but working and buying for their father's coin business which is set up at a table somewhere else on the floor of the show. My impression is that relatively few customers who are collectors (as opposed to in the business) are under 40 or even 50. However, maybe my view is biased because I don't go to more than one show a year and I'm over 70. There are people who go to far more shows than I do, and dealers who know their customers, and I wish they would comment.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I am 38, I remember as a kid looking at coins that my granddad brought back from the war and thinking how old they were. Now I am as old as those coins were then (it was the 1980's and these were from the 1940's) Now unless its a couple of thousand years old it is a young'un in my book.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just turned 50 last month, time for my 4th mid life crisis  Edited by Biancasdad
04/14/2017 7:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Me: Approximately 3.1 times the age of Mika/AnYangMan and 2.8 times the age of Thomas/TypeCoin971793.
What a depressing thread. Thanks a lot, Jeff.
Ugh.
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United States
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Bob, in other words your just about my age.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Don't hate me for pointing this out, Ron, but you're something like 3.75 Mika's age, best I can tell. So don't rush me.  Buncha' young whippersnappers around here. Perhaps the "Ancient" in the board's title actually refers to you and me? |
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United States
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I think we are in the middle, there are a few here that have a decade on me.
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Valued Member
United States
167 Posts |
Eighty seven years old here -- have been researching and collecting Roman Imperial coins for 77 years..
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04/14/2017 10:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
616 Posts |
50 - Started hobby at 47 after the Wife returned from a trip to Rome with friends. Watched the HBO series which lead to coins then to ancient texts and several trips to Rome. Have gone full Otaku on all things ancient Roman.
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04/14/2017 10:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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27 here. I'm bad at remembering how old they all were when they died, but I think I'm somewhere between Herennius Etruscus and Caracalla.
As for how I got into the hobby, I was drafted into coin collecting from a young age from grandparents, aunts and uncles who collected. History and old things fascinated me, and I dreamed of one day owning a genuine ancient coin, but everyone told me that there was no such thing as a genuine ancient coin that costs less than $100.
I joined this forum in 2011 for the CRH section, and stumbled over here. The rest is history.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Two score & a Threepenny bit  Constantius ii comes closest as he died age 44, 2 months and some days, less than a year difference. I came to ancients only a couple of years ago thanks to a former member on here, I simply didn't have the opportunity earlier in life, being the youngest of 9 children was a little crazy at the best of times  Constantius ii  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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23! I just realized how long its been since I'v posted anything.. Off the top of my head...I'm pretty sure Tiberius' reign lasted close to 23 years Here is my favourite coin, I own, of Tiberius from Spain Italica. Hope you enjoy it. Tiberius AE29 of Italica, Spain. TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PONT MAX IMP, bare head right MVNIC ITALIC PERM DIVI AVG, altar inscribed PROIDENTIAE AVGVSTI. Burgos 1250.   Ty |
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