Hello, my name is brandon and I am a Junior in high school and doing an independent research course to bring my passion for numismatics from a hobby into a business perspective. I am hoping to have a product that is going to help others get started in coins but I do not know exactly what I am going to include in the product. All i know is that I would like to sell it to a more mainstream market, I would like to sell it online, and I would like to have coins, information, and supplies. It would be greatly beneficial to my research if I could have a short interview over this forum with some of y'all. Thank you!
Brandon, at your age, knowledge is power. Get a subscription to Coinage, read it, check out the ads for real world pricing. Study at the library, buy what reference books you need. Start with general stuff, such as books of world coins, US coins, etc, and specialize as you learn and become interested. To the best of my knowledge, there is no place you can go to buy up stock for a coin shop, although you can buy in bulk, in bags, rolls, etc. Another bit of advice, is to center your business around your favorite type or types of coins. You will always be more knowledgeable and eager that way. Join a club, the ANA, go to shows, symposiums, etc. Take advantage of your age and status now. As a young student, you are not faced with rent, mortgage, kids, wife, insurance, car payments etc, and the mind numbing drudgery of a job that eats the heart out of your life for the next 40 years! Buy a metal detector and find a couple or three fabulous lost treasures to fund your project. Expect to be sued by swindlers, government and the Spanish government if you actually find anything. I think metal detecting, given the same input of effort, has about a roughly equal chance of a high level of success as coin dealing.
Yes sir, I did, I greatly appreciate all of the help from that thread it proved to be extremely useful. I am posting this new thread because sense then I have taken a different direction in my research. I am sorry if this sounds redudant.
Awesome! thank you so much for the information I greatly appreciate it. Have you ever metal detected before?
