{"id":70070,"date":"2023-04-18T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=70070"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:06:41","slug":"a-hobby-on-the-verge-of-endangerment-for-the-youngs-collecting-coins-paper-currency-and-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2023\/04\/18\/a-hobby-on-the-verge-of-endangerment-for-the-youngs-collecting-coins-paper-currency-and-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"A hobby on the verge of endangerment for the young’s \u2014 collecting coins, paper currency and medals.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Dealer at the coin show:\u00a0<\/strong>Jason Batac, a dealer at the coin show, posing with his collection on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton 16th Ave N.E. The Calgary Numismatic Society has been promoting this hobby from 1950\u00d5s. (Photo by Sumeet Singh\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>he Calgary Numismatic Society has been organising fairs twice a year to promote the hobby of collecting coins, paper currency and medals to the Calgary community. But unfortunately, this pastime is slowly getting restricted to the older generation only.<\/p>\n

A<\/span> similar event was organized at the Double Tree by Hilton (2120 16 Ave N.E.) on March 4th and 5th.<\/p>\n

Thirty dealers from all over Canada were present with their collections being showcased at 52 tables in the show. Some of the rare bills from the 1900s showcased were worth thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, coin collecting, and stamp collecting are kind of dying hobbies,\u201d said Cecil Jahrig, chief organiser of the show. \u201cIt is usually the older people that are collecting these things.”<\/p>\n

The Calgary Numismatic Society has the Coinivores Youth Club to attract a younger generation to the hobby, but the number of collectors has been declining steadily in Calgary. Free coins and collectibles are given out to youngsters to spark their interest.<\/p>\n

Personal collectors used the opportunity to find the missing pieces of their collections. The Royal Bank issues sets of mints every year, which prove to be popular. \u201cCollection hobbies are mostly sparked from childhood,\u201d said Ron Beggs, who has been collecting coins for almost 40 years, \u201cMy father used to buy me a coin set every year I finished a grade in school.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Organizer of the event:\u00a0<\/strong>Cecil Jahrig, organizer of coin show, with his published catalogue of the coins and paper money during the coin show on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton 16th Ave N.E. Jahrig has been arranging these events from 15 years. (Photo by Sumeet Singh\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s a main reason for the decline in coin and money collecting – digitalization. In this modern age, more and more people are using digital cards instead of physical cash or change to do transactions which leaves less money to collect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were around 12 full-time coin stores in Calgary in the 1980s with the city\u2019s population around 500,000,\u201d said Robert Kokotailo, a collector more the last 60 years. \u201cI am the last one that\u2019s a true coin store left. There are three times as many people, but 1\/12th the number of stores are surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also predicted that we would see more dramatic decline in the number of active collectors over the next six or seven years. \u201cThe average coin collector right now is in its mid-late \u201860s and by the time they turn 72, most of them will stop,\u201d Kokotailo said.<\/p>\n

The Calgary Numismatic Society has been running since the 1950s and will be hosting its next fair this year in September.<\/p>\n

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A collector finding a speacial coin:\u00a0<\/strong>Ron Beggs, a longtime coin collector, looking to complete his catalogue on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton 16th Ave N.E. His interest in coin collecting enriched from his childhood and mainly because of his father. (Photo by Sumeet SIngh\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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