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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2382996, member: 9204&quot;]To echo what the two above me just said, the most important thing to have is passion. This is a tough field to crack into partly because there is no training program. No set of courses you can complete, no qualifications you can check off a list. Anyone who succeeds here does it on there own. Its hard, but its possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know because I&#039;ve done it. I&#039;m one of those guys that GDJSMP was just talking about. I gravitated towards the field in college. I had just declared my intended double major in archaeology and history and realized that one interest of mine perfectly meshed with these two fields – numismatics. From there, I applied for and got an internship at the ANA, which opened some unbelievable doors for me. I then spent a summer trying to do freelance cataloging, and another summer interning for the firm I now work for. Those opportunities were fantastic, but the real learning happened when no one else was around. I looked at every coin I could find. Seriously. I check every entry on ebay, every page of vcoins. I read every relevant book in the library. </p><p><br /></p><p>One small caveat: if you truly love <i>collecting</i>, you might want to think twice. You stand a strong chance of getting totally burned out on coins, especially if you do US stuff. The best-case scenario is probably what happened to me. You get a job at a great company and see some astounding, top-tier coins, which then leads to your tastes developing vastly in excess of your budget. Its hard looking at six figure coins all day and then saving up for a measly $500 purchase. If you want to collect coins, go become a doctor or a software developer or something and rake in the cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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