Say its in the evening and you are not busy and you want to learn more about numismatics, the process, the history, the science. Yet you have read all of your numismatic books that you own and (no offense to anyone) you haven't found much to read about on Coin Forums What can you do at that moment to learn about numismatics? If you haven't noticed, thats the position I am in. Thanks CB
Google it... Key words are - Coins, numismatics, US Mint, Mint errors, Varieties, Ancient Coins, Foreign Coins.. There is tons of information on the web! Just stay away from yootoob
Try to figure out how the Euro happened, how countries migrated from their own currency to the Euro, how coins and notes are designed, issued and managed now, vs. before. That'll keep you busy a few evenings
Go to the Newman Numismatic Portal and read through the books and magazines there. They have thousands of items up for free reading. That should keep you busy for a while
I haven't done this myself, but one way you can take is to start reading about the people in numismatics in the past. For example, (Benjamin) Max Mehl. From one site I just looked on it has this on him: "His fame in the field is largely due to his spreading the gospel, so to speak, of numismatics for all. " I think perhaps there could be a lot to learn from looking at his life and the things he wrote... he was a big promoter of coins.
This is absolutely true. I would caution that you use reliable and factual resources, however. There are a lot of random website that parrot other stuff, and make up stuff, and are just trash. They are Popular Coins, and are just as worthless as Pop Science or Pop Mechanics. You're joking, I think, but there are actually a lot of really good videos to watch - again, just make sure they come from a reputable source. PCGS has some good ones, and CoinWeek has a really good selection of high quality videos. I think the ANA has uploaded a number of their seminars and presentations from their shows as well.
There is lots of good information at the Notre Dame Coin and Currency Collections website regarding colonial coinage in the context of historical essays, each of which have cited references. You can get lost in that rabbit hole for a Long Time if you want.
Research on the Internet. You are only limited to your imagination. If that's not an option read your books again.
