Younger C4 Members Public Deposited
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From: Ray Williams <njraywms@optonline.net>
Subject: Younger C4 Members
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It was brought to my attention at the convention that the average age of the membership is in the mid 50s, and there were very few under 40. I am one of the "average" age members and there's nothing wrong with being old!!! It's much better than the alternative!!! But it would be nice to attract some younger members to the colonial numismatic arena. We can supply some prizes to the ANA's YN program for "Colonial" related articles and projects done by young people. But how can we attract the 20 and 30 year olds? I think the main problem is the cost of the coins... although you can collect colonials economically (a relative term), it's not easy and the fields are limited.
David Bowers is writing a book on colonial numismtics right now and I hope when it is released in 2008, that it will attract some young blood into the hobby. Maybe if some of us wrote some articles for the hobby at large - coin world and numismatic news (etc.) we might inspire some young people. Maybe if we came to a common agreement to charge no more that $100 for a CT Copper when we sell to collectors under 40... <VBG> All kidding aside, if there are any ideas, please let me know.
Ray
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It was brought to my attention
at the convention that the average age of the membership is in the mid 50s, and
there were very few under 40. I am one of the "average" age members and
there's nothing wrong with being old!!! It's much better than the
alternative!!! But it would be nice to attract some younger members to the
colonial numismatic arena. We can supply some prizes to the ANA's YN
program for "Colonial" related articles and projects done by young people.
But how can we attract the 20 and 30 year olds? I think the main problem
is the cost of the coins... although you can collect colonials
economically (a relative term), it's not easy and the fields are limited.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> David Bowers is writing a book
on colonial numismtics right now and I hope when it is released in 2008, that it
will attract some young blood into the hobby. Maybe if some of us wrote
some articles for the hobby at large - coin world and numismatic news (etc.) we
might inspire some young people. Maybe if we came to a common agreement to
charge no more that $100 for a CT Copper when we sell to collectors under
40... <VBG> All kidding aside, if there are any ideas, please
let me know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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