Two questions about the ANA.

1. Are the correspondence classes they offer worth the money? I've really turned on my "learning mode" lately, and actually like reading as much info about coins as I can.

2. Does one have to sell stuff at an ANA show, or can they just show off their collection?

 

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these questions have been asked since the dawn of time. Nobody really knows.

 

I went to a summer session years ago as a gift from my parents and consider what I learned there to be invaluable. The classes are relatively expensive though.

Why would you spend the money on a table at an ANA show unless you intended to sell something? If you want to just show some coins, enter an exhibit.

 

I read on their site:
This exam is to be administered by a proctor in any school, local library, at any ANA Convention, or at ANA's Headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Does that mean I would have to go to Colorado to take the exam?

 

Kirk is right. If you want to exhibit your stuff there's a better way to do so than to buy a table (which costs a lot of $$$)

Enter a collector exhibit. That way you can display your stuff at the World's Fair of Money , people will judge it and comment on it and it doesn't cost a dime.

 

[quo o ote="Detecto, post: 1762832, member: 32682"]I read on their site:
This exam is to be administered by a proctor in any school, local library, at any ANA Convention, or at ANA's Headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Does that mean I would have to go to Colorado to take the exam?[/quote]


That's the final test to get a
Diploma in Numismatics. The indivdual
courses are open book tests you mail
in.

 

The first option of administration already answers your question.

(Edited. Let's not get too "personal" here. -chrisild)

 

Listen to longnine. The diploma program is well worth the price, IMO.

 

OK first he is asking about the correspondence courses not the summer seminar. Are they worth it? Probably , and they are a lot cheaper if you are an ANA member.

Second question, no they have competitive and non competitive exhibits that allow you to show off parts of your collection at no cost and you may win an award, and you get to attend the banquet free I believe. (One thing the competition for awards is pretty stiff.)

Third question, no you don't have to go to Colorado Springs to take the final exam. You can take the exam at an ANA convention or as it says you can have someone else monitor your taking of the final exam at any school or library.