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<p>[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 1557640, member: 9204"]In the United States? No. There are no regular courses devoted solely to numismatics in this country, but there may be some in Europe. The closest you could get is the Graduate Seminar for the ANS. <b><i>Not the ANA Summer Seminar</i>. </b>Of course, there is nothing stopping you from attending a college or university and focusing on numismatics within another field. That's what I did. I was a history/archaeology major with a minor in classical studies. Fortunately, my college had one of the best undergraduate research programs in the country, and I was able to write (copiously) about numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine that most people would expect that the class would cover grading, valuation, errors, etc. Far from it! For a slight taste at what academic numismatics covers, read this: <a href="http://numismatics.org/Seminar/TermsMethods" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/Seminar/TermsMethods" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/Seminar/TermsMethods</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Still got the chops for it? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 1557640, member: 9204"]In the United States? No. There are no regular courses devoted solely to numismatics in this country, but there may be some in Europe. The closest you could get is the Graduate Seminar for the ANS. [B][I]Not the ANA Summer Seminar[/I]. [/B]Of course, there is nothing stopping you from attending a college or university and focusing on numismatics within another field. That's what I did. I was a history/archaeology major with a minor in classical studies. Fortunately, my college had one of the best undergraduate research programs in the country, and I was able to write (copiously) about numismatics. I imagine that most people would expect that the class would cover grading, valuation, errors, etc. Far from it! For a slight taste at what academic numismatics covers, read this: [URL]http://numismatics.org/Seminar/TermsMethods[/URL] Still got the chops for it? :D[/QUOTE]
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