IMIS Posted May 26, 2017 Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 Been gone from this forum for a couple of years. Recently looked at a few floor auctions and ebay. Looks like the level of activity is way down compared to a few years ago. Hope I am wrong. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted May 26, 2017 Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 People who are interested in particular coins keep buying and collecting them. The lower level of interest is the result of lower investment power going into coins by general public, I guess. Which is not exactly a bad thing for buying collectors, but less favorable times to the selling dealers. Even on eBay I still manage to pick up something interesting from time to time, and have to play against a reasonable competition... A lot of good looking Russian coins do not get to the respectable auctions and get sold at the Russian forums, and sometimes for VERY good money, so we just don't see them here in the "West"... unle:ss they come from the "western" collections. A lot of people who realize that this is not the best time to sell, just "sit on it", waiting for the better times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMIS Posted May 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 I share your sentiment as a collector, better prices and considerably less material. This side of the Atlantic has been depleted of Russian coins. Perhaps they should be treated as protected species. By 'general public' do you mean buyers from Russia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigistenz Posted May 27, 2017 Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 I regret very much that there are no more posts here in the forum. Of course it is my fault, too Will put something the next days, Let's give it a new start altogether Sigi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arminius Posted May 27, 2017 Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 For Germany: On coin shows you can count real collectors below the age of 50 with the fingers of one hand. It´s no hobby for young men (and women are even less interested in coins as you all know). Looks like very few young people are interested in collecting at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extant4cell Posted May 27, 2017 Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 It must jump the generations sometimes... By "general public", I meant anyone who is not seriously collect coins and buys whatever catches their eye, mostly for some silly investment, just because their have extra money and don't know what to do with it. In Russia and outside. Around 2010 there were a lot of people like that, for whom it was like a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMIS Posted May 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 It seems to me that in recent years many Russian coins that used to be and perhaps still are rare were sold and then resold so many times that they lost their mysterious appeal. Excessive slabbing also contributed to the commodization of coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted May 28, 2017 Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 For me, counterfeits have been a serious issue. I've got stung a couple of times but this time was the worst - I returned a couple to the same seller and he claimed that he didn't receive the last one. Ebay didn't side on me on this time and I lost out. Needless to say that has put me off completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMIS Posted May 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2017 gxseries, Sorry to hear about your misadventure. I think this warrants creation of a public list of fake sellers. Had a similar issue a long time ago; ebay was helpful but the seller vanished into thin air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 29, 2017 Report Share Posted May 29, 2017 Sorry to hear about your problem GXSeries. I think this ebay "fraud" stuff is running rampant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMIS Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 For Germany: On coin shows you can count real collectors below the age of 50 with the fingers of one hand. That's OK. Coin collectors tend to live longer than noncollectors. Medical fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 That's OK. Coin collectors tend to live longer than noncollectors. Medical fact Good God, I sure hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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