Any thoughts on ANA's correspondence course?

Nope. According to their full statement (go to money.org), I believe it's an outright cancellation with no online alternative.

 

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that's too bad I could do an online course but its hard to justify leaving the family and going to colorado.

 

If you have the money, families do attend together. There is plenty to do - side trips - even if you don't take a course.

The summer Seminar is so good that some people return every year. When I taught out there, I considered it to be a great
VACATION! My best session (decades ago) was when it was held at the same time as the Race to the Clouds. We hitched a ride to the mountain and returned covered in dirt. The second best was when I was able to attend the weekend coin show when I taught at both sessions.

I recommend everyone attend at least once because I have found that there are so many-long time collectors/dealers who don't realize how much they don't know about grading and authentication.

Example: Yesterday, on another forum, a member posted a 1909-S VDB cent with the obviously bad added "S" of the style first published in the 1970s and hundreds of times since; yet it took several posts and several hours before someone said the coin had an added mintmark! These crude mintmarks appeared on cents and quarters and is usually the first example to be posted when the class starts learning about this type of alteration. Knowledge is power and learning is fun on a Colorado vacation.