How Many Yns Are There?

I feel like I'm 90...

I'm actually pushing 40...

people think I'm early to mid 20's... it must be because I stay out of the sun

but I act like I'm 12 most days


Edit: A better question might be how many started as YN's?

I was 8 in 1982 when the composition of the US cent changed and my dad got interested in the stacking/hoarding aspect. I got bit by the coin bug way back then.

Basically don't get discouraged, I flipped out like a child when I found a 1938 Jefferson nickel... Young at Heart is all that matters

There are lots and lots of younger collectors for the first time in decades. They aren't very visible yet because they don't go to shows and don't even go to the shops very often. But they do get more visible every year.

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Pawpaw34, you are 80! WOW!
Let's not jump into this " YNs" post.
Lets hear from the YNs.

I'm 18 and have been collecting for probably the majority of my life

I'm younger than 20, also younger than 15 I started when I was 6 years old, all thanks to thoughts commemorative millennium quarters

I'm a little older, 31 to be exact, feel like I'm 20, but I don't know anyone that's near my age and interested in coin collecting. All the collectors I've met are over 60.

That basically is what is happening. Remember that to get to almost all coin shows you need a car. Yes, may kids have cars but not many under 16. And if there is a coin store in the area, most people in them tend to scare off kids since they suspect they don't have money. And too, many kids under 20 just don't have money for coins. However, there is a massive amount of coin collectors under 20 and they mostly get their coins from change. Many go through their parents change every day. Some trade with other kids, neighbors, relatives so not noticable to the general public. And so many kids in their teens are out on weekends late so going to a coin show on a Sunday is sort of just out.
Unfortunately the lack of finding anything rare in change is more and more difficult today so we loose many young collectors. They start seeing less and less coins they need in change so they get unintersted and eventually their collections end up on a shelf.
Next at about 20 and up their is that interest in getting married, having kids, a new car, possibly a house, furniture, etc. so coins sort of take a real back door. That is why there is a missing age group from about 20 to 40 ish. Then now the kids are grown up so hobbies like coins can be resumed.