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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2382911, member: 19165&quot;]I would think the best entry-level jobs for a person would be as an assistant at a coin shop (one that goes to plenty of shows). The show circuit is where you network, build a reputation, and grow your business and career. </p><p><br /></p><p>No TPG is going to hire you as a grader until you have proven experience, depth of knowledge, and skill as a grader. If you live in their area, you may be able to get a non-grader job and build your career from there. Again, not many auction firms are going to hire you as a cataloguer until you have a similar depth of experience. If that is your career goal, then that is great - but you have to start at the bottom. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other professional numismatic careers that nobody has really mentioned include journalist and/or researcher. If you have experience and an ability to write well, you may look at some numismatic publications (CoinWorld, Numismatic News, etc.) or publishing companies (Whitman, Krause, etc). Many of their articles are free lance (several people here have published articles with them), but they do also have staff. Again, I wouldn&#039;t expect a front page article, but I&#039;m sure they have entry level positions. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is really hard to make a living as a researcher, or author (as Roger Burdette has lamented many times), but you can start working towards that. Researching is a skill, just like any other, and writing takes talent - but if you can write well and have interesting things to say, people will be interested. Until you build a decent oeuvre, this will most likely only provide you some walking around money - but it&#039;s a start. </p><p><br /></p><p>You could also develop numismatic websites. There is a certain skill required, but I&#039;m sure there are many hobbyists who would like help developing or maintaining a site. Some of the best repositories of numismatic knowledge on the internet are specialist websites. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another alternative could be museum positions. Maintaining, curating, creating displays, and researching all has to be done. There aren&#039;t too many numismatic museums, but there are many museums with numismatic displays. With a certain amount of experience, I&#039;m guessing places like the ANA or ANS would be interested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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