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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 699561, member: 20205&quot;]Nonsense. That guy obviously just wasn&#039;t interested in taking on an apprentice. I&#039;m 27 and I got a job as a numismatic assessor a few months ago. My previous experiance of commercial numismatism was limited to haggling dealers at coin fairs and shows. </p><p>&nbsp;What you need to do if you really want to work in the industry is to find a coin dealer who would be willing to train someone up from the beginning. Unfortunately, you will find that a good many dealers are either A) tightwads and/or B) simply cannot afford to take on a trainee. But this is not the case for every dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>It helps if you have a history degree, but I imagine that just having a reasonable degree in something vaguely relevent, an interest in coins and some demonstrable knowledge and enthusiasm for the hobby, that should be enough for the right dealer. Everything else you can learn on an entry-level salary whilst you accrue knowledge and experiance. If you really want this kind of job, keep searching and keep trying. If you and the dealer can get to know each other beforehand as customer and client, even better...:thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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