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Valued Member
Canada
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Just curious of the ratio of male vs female collectors ? I would guess it is more male dominant. I personally have never met a female collector, maybe that's why the wives keep saying "get rid of that stuff"
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
I am out numbered in my house. My wife collects world coins, my married daughter collects world coins, my at home single daughter collects US coins and paper money. That's 3-1 at my house. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2366 Posts |
Based on our sales, maybe 1/4-1/3 at a rough guess?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I would say that perhaps out of the total number of people who collect 20%-25% are female. I'm unsure as to why is ratio is so uneven though. Out of the 75% male population a huge percent happen to be males in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Atleast that's what I see at coin shows. Not many people my age I'm afraid. Or maybe people my age just do most of their coin purchasing online  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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@ Dan, You are outnumbered aren't you.  It's half and half at our house.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
I've see some wives collect silver dollars with their husbands . The husband collect collects Morgans and she collects Peace dollars. It's kinda similar with me and my partner, we purposely collect coins series that the other doesn't. I collect wheat Lincoln's he collects IHC. I collect Buffalo nickels,and he collects barber nickels. Less in house competition that way Edited by Bertensgrad
12/06/2014 6:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
Based on what I see at coin shows, at least 80% male. When I collected stamps it seemed the same.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm in for the female vote. My fifteen yr old son is a haphazard collector. Meaning he doesn't do forums or reads about coins, it's more if he sees something he likes it goes in his coin box. He's got a few high dollar silver coins, pilfered from my collection. There's been a couple times he's seen a coin on ebay and had me buy it for him. He does like to have a roll of unique quarters spread out on his computer table to play with. These come from coin roll hunting. He likes to play with the quarters while gaming. The more valuable coins he knows to keep them in capsules or flips and hold by edges only. He's starting off with more knowledge regarding handling then I did. It was funny when he was nine he grabbed a hundred dollar bill from my wallet and went to the bank across the street and brought back 10 rolls of quarters to search for the Olympic quarters. We had quarters everywhere. I think I still have the quarters we pulled in a pill bottle somewhere. My first silver lot of coins bought on ebay were a grimy bunch. So I put them in a sock and placed them in with my laundrey. They came out smelling clean and were nice and shiny. When I later told an ebay seller what I did, I was screamed at and the. Educated. To me they were just dirty silver pocket change, I've come a long way since!! No worries it was just common junk silver nothing special. Edited by pocket change 50
12/06/2014 4:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd have to go w/ punman's 80%. I think on this site, it's more like 95.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have to say I chat with my collectors via texting and I've encountered 1 other gal so far and it's coin chick. Sometimes I feel like an endangered species. I've often wondered why more gals aren't involved. I find it a very stimulating hobby. It's also shopping with a twist. You have something that can be past to other generations. I've always preferred spending money on items that last as opposed to consumables.
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Forum Kid
Canada
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yes coin chick, we have not heard from her in a while... however that is two decently avid collectors I know. in addition, the other one is a part owner of a coin shop in Victoria B.C
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Now that's cool!! A gal who is partners in a coin shop. I'd love to have a shop that's a combo art/ coin/ book and coffeeshop there would be my passion. I'd probably be constantly broke lol!! However, I can dream.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm the only collector in my whole family. I started taking my now 26 year old son to coin shows when he was around 7 or 8 and hoped he would continue the interest he had as a child and he still will go to a coin show with me occasionally and will pick up a silver bar or two while he is there but he is not into coin collecting. There are only three coin shows around here in North Florida a year and altho I see many couples selling at the booths I'm always the only female I ever see alone walking around shopping. I don't know why there are not many of us women that collect coins. I rather enjoy it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@ Debrajc, great to see another gal on the forum! I do feel lonely at times not knowing other gal collectors. It's nice to have the gal perspective on collecting!! It does feel like a male dominated activity. Plus women process information differently and may have different reasons for collecting certain coins. The guys are great, only at times I feel like an outsider. Hopefully more gals will identify themselves!!
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Valued Member
Canada
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I, a male, am the only one who collects in my entire family. Most of my (living) relatives are female, and they all look at me like I'm insane whenever I even mention coins. Then again, all the women in my family are traditional and I guess they simply share a view that it isn't a very feminine hobby....they'd rather maintain their respective homes and/or watch reality TV shows. Now that I think about it, I suppose I give them that same look of bewilderment/insanity whenever I catch them watching those garbage reality shows  My observations from coin shows (and I admit, I'm no regular attendee), I'd say 90% are men, 10% women...and of those women, half of which are merely attending as the chauffeur for their kids and have visibly zero interest in even being at the coin shows (ie. impatiently following/rushing their kids). I'm encouraged by the female group members we have here, since I too have personally never met a female fellow collector. With the growing diversity in the financial services industry, surely you'd think there would be some cross-interest into the hobby... But more importantly, I'm concerned of the age demographic of all collectors, as the majority are middle-aged or seniors, with little new blood filling in the shoes of those passing on. Sadly, aside from the hobby related issues we have in attracting new blood, the times themselves have changed such that disposable income is lower nowadays, young people are 'over-wired' with technology, and they are having to worry much earlier in life about things like post-secondary schooling, careers in a fragile economy, long-term debt, housing, and all that other crap we call life. When I was young, I got to spend my time doing what I enjoyed, and (thankfully) not impacted by these new pressures young people now face. As such, I don't think today's younger generations (or their parents) typically have the resources or time commitment to take an interest in the hobby (not just coins collecting, but hobbies in general). Of course, I'm speaking broadly here... |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah , however, the cool thing with coin collecting is there are many levels to choose from. It can be as inexpensive as pulling out the interesting coins in your change. Thanks to the RCM they mint many Commemerative editions of circulation coins and put out folders. So when your really broke, you can turn around and buy groceries with your collection. This way it's only FV and nothing is lost. Then There's the FV silver coins, much the same principle. Those now come in several denominations, giving a lot of choice if buying mint direct. Next there's a wide assortment of coins of the intermediate or advanced collector, all depending on how much you wish to spend. When you think of how many people buy a COFFEE on a daily basis, take the $3-$5 and turn it into a small coin collection. I'm in shock at the money my son spends gaming. I bet 90% of the money is unable to be recouped. I know he's small time compared to the gamers with custom computers. So I think an entry level collection would be attainable for most people. |
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