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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RePeat, post: 23884, member: 1694&quot;]Thanks for the warm welcome and advice/suggestions.&nbsp; Sorry if the post was long and a little vague or open-ended.&nbsp; I guess I was just excited about my plans and wanted to share them with you all&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .&nbsp; Also, I definitely want to start collecting coins along with gathering knowledge.&nbsp; The plan is &quot;full emersion&quot;...collecting, reading, studying, dealing, and everything else that goes on in the coin business. </p><p><br /></p><p>GDJMSP - Thanks for the information about the US Mint jobs.&nbsp; Sounds like a good opportunity.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I don&#039;t think I will have the time to continue a full-time job while I go back to school.&nbsp; And I really want to be my own boss.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m being picky, but I just can&#039;t seem to work for anyone.&nbsp; Some people wanted to be firefighters, doctors, lawyers, pro-athletes, but I always want to own a successful company (whatever that was going to be). </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of you have recommend that I should specialize in a particular coin/field.&nbsp; That&#039;s my plan, but first I want to gather general knowledge about many fields.&nbsp; Though, as a dealer, I will probably focus mainly in modern US coinage (silver, gold and platinum eagles, proofs/mints sets, etc.).&nbsp; I don&#039;t want my store to be a place where only the die-hard coin customers will come in and purchase some extremely rare 200-year-old coin.&nbsp; I want it to mainly target the general public who probably don&#039;t currently collect coins, but are starting to entertain the idea.&nbsp; Much of my focus will be in marketing and how to draw that particular person in by presenting a new and creative perspective on the industry.&nbsp; Too many people just don&#039;t understand why people collect coins (at least that&#039;s the feeling I get) and my goal will be to educate the public as to why they do. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, much of this will be refine and developed over the next few years, so I don&#039;t want to get ahead of myself.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Again, thanks for your input and I will definitely be sticking around here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eric[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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