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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 2383235, member: 57463&quot;]You got a lot of advice. Most of it seemed to be within the bounds you seemed to be thinking of: buying and selling coins. Moreover, while Ardatirion did mention ancients, not much more was said about the different fields within numismatics. Dealers specialize. Do you know American type, or European Stocks and Bonds, East Asian Paper or Islamic coins or Spanish American material?&nbsp; If you focus on one area like that, you soon meet all of the dealers. Once you are known in that field, your avenues widen in that field. (Again, consider Ardatirion and ancients.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogues, sales materials, websites, e-commerce listings, they all require special skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>PhysicsFan 3.14 hit on my own speciality: writing. I write about all kinds of materials, about people, about history. One problem is the narrow markets. Not a lot of places pay, and those that do do not pay well. But you asked for a career, not a path to riches.</p><p><br /></p><p>That leads to publishing.&nbsp; Whitman is not the only company doing, though they are the largest. But publishing for numismatics is two hills to climb, not just one.&nbsp;&nbsp; I assume that you never ran a printing press or set type...&nbsp; But the fact remains that it is a career in numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Selling books is another aspect of the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>... and supplies...</p><p><br /></p><p>Topcat mentioned photography, and we have a photographer here. I met him in person at the ANA show in Dallas.&nbsp; It is not a full time job, but it is one thing that you can do for money.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, it helps with insurance, as well, so that might be an entry angle, if you care to pursue that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Former ANA president David Ganz is a lawyer.&nbsp; Coin World editor Steve Roach also has a law degree. So far, no one suggested that you pursue the opportunities in writing contracts, and negotiating and arbitrating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Security is another field of interest. The downsides to making it a career are the same as for law and publishing: two hills to climb, not one. We do have numismatic crime reporting.&nbsp; (<a href="http://numismaticcrimes.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismaticcrimes.org/" rel="nofollow">http://numismaticcrimes.org/</a>)&nbsp; Coin shows do need security, and they do hire guards. Generally, you have to be licensed in the state you practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is: what do you <b>want</b> to do? What do you<b> envision</b> yourself doing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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