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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1557722, member: 15199"]I really don't know you well enough to judge, but like most in such similar programs , yes. There are some institutions that allow students to form their own curriculum for an advanced degree, but a curriculum designed by an unknowing ( of the subject matter) person can not reflect well, on the degree or the institution. Many like college environments because they want to be baby fed material they can then regurgitate back to others, not truly understanding basic supporting knowledge. </p><p><br /></p><p> You may think you know all about tarnish/toning/corrosion of various metals, but there is a large chemical background area needed.</p><p> You may think you can tell a 1972/72 Lincoln DDO, #1 from a counterfeit, because your 'class covered' doubled dies and counterfeits. </p><p> You may think you can grade coins, but to learn each type, mint, striking characteristics, will take more than a semester or even 4 years.</p><p> Do you understand "sniffers", spectrometers, XDRF equipment, ultrasound transmission for fake gold bars, etc, with out some physics and higher math?</p><p><br /></p><p>And that is just a few off the top of my head. if you want to carry around an advanced degree in Numismatics, knowledge of all of those should be within your grasp.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you just want solid knowledge in Numismatics for your own activities, you are in the middle of a wikipedia type of numismatic encyclopedia right here.</p><p> There are over 216,000 threads in cointalk. Eliminating duplicates, nonsense threads, personal endearments, etc, I am sure there are at least 80,000 threads that contain good information on a portion of numismatic knowledge. Why do coins have luster/ cartwheel effects? Why do Morgans tend to tone differently than Peace$, what makes the different colors of toning? How can you tell if a 3L buffalo has the correct markers? What do the ^^^^ surface of a uncirculated dollar actually look like microscopically. ( these are some I have participated) . Look at RLM's series on grading, The historical outlooks of collecting that Doug can talk about, The ancients by Mat and Ardatirion, coin chemistry by Bad Thad. and others, and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are in a pool of knowledge, and can swim and drink and help others do so also, or we can never really contribute anything and just drive up our "likes" and "post counts". </p><p><br /></p><p>OK, off my soap box, One reason I was glad to leave college education were the number of applicants who had the degree, but couldn't answer student questions in class without notes, powerpoint ( Aggghh!!!), or google. Get the knowledge, worry about the degree after you are educated. Sorry, old age <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Jim</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1557722, member: 15199"]I really don't know you well enough to judge, but like most in such similar programs , yes. There are some institutions that allow students to form their own curriculum for an advanced degree, but a curriculum designed by an unknowing ( of the subject matter) person can not reflect well, on the degree or the institution. Many like college environments because they want to be baby fed material they can then regurgitate back to others, not truly understanding basic supporting knowledge. You may think you know all about tarnish/toning/corrosion of various metals, but there is a large chemical background area needed. You may think you can tell a 1972/72 Lincoln DDO, #1 from a counterfeit, because your 'class covered' doubled dies and counterfeits. You may think you can grade coins, but to learn each type, mint, striking characteristics, will take more than a semester or even 4 years. Do you understand "sniffers", spectrometers, XDRF equipment, ultrasound transmission for fake gold bars, etc, with out some physics and higher math? And that is just a few off the top of my head. if you want to carry around an advanced degree in Numismatics, knowledge of all of those should be within your grasp. If you just want solid knowledge in Numismatics for your own activities, you are in the middle of a wikipedia type of numismatic encyclopedia right here. There are over 216,000 threads in cointalk. Eliminating duplicates, nonsense threads, personal endearments, etc, I am sure there are at least 80,000 threads that contain good information on a portion of numismatic knowledge. Why do coins have luster/ cartwheel effects? Why do Morgans tend to tone differently than Peace$, what makes the different colors of toning? How can you tell if a 3L buffalo has the correct markers? What do the ^^^^ surface of a uncirculated dollar actually look like microscopically. ( these are some I have participated) . Look at RLM's series on grading, The historical outlooks of collecting that Doug can talk about, The ancients by Mat and Ardatirion, coin chemistry by Bad Thad. and others, and others. We are in a pool of knowledge, and can swim and drink and help others do so also, or we can never really contribute anything and just drive up our "likes" and "post counts". OK, off my soap box, One reason I was glad to leave college education were the number of applicants who had the degree, but couldn't answer student questions in class without notes, powerpoint ( Aggghh!!!), or google. Get the knowledge, worry about the degree after you are educated. Sorry, old age :) [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Jim [/COLOR][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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