The hobby isn't dying, but it would be fair to say its best days are behind it. This doesn't shock me because one of the things I've learned in my 62 years is that things change, everywhere. So to see the hobby change from its peak in say the 1990's is what I would expect, not something that would surprise me.
As I've mentioned I collect large cents, American pennies minted between 1793 and 1857. The typical age for a serious large cent collector is probably somewhere between 45 and 70. Not a lot of young people are jumping in, which is not a great omen for the future of that hobby. But life changes, so what can you do?
And The Wonder Years was one of my favorite shows, and I did know that Daniel Stern was the narrator.
Last edited by barrysloate; 04-25-2015 at 09:11 AM.
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