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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8244199, member: 110350"]Even if I were qualified and interested (neither of which is the case!), the payment per coin would have to be considerable to make me want to apply. It's essentially piece-work, incentivizing quantity over quality. I suspect that it's accompanied by a quota of expected work, as if one were a home seamstress in the garment industry. (Note the reference to "stressful situations.")</p><p><br /></p><p>I also wonder why "extensive experience as a numismatist in the coin trade" is required, given that the work requires only the identification and cataloguing of coins for auction. I'm sure there are collectors who've never worked in the coin trade who could do that just as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good point regarding the apparent expectation to identify (and, presumably, authenticate) from photos. I doubt they'll be sending out the coins to you from Europe so you can examine them in person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8244199, member: 110350"]Even if I were qualified and interested (neither of which is the case!), the payment per coin would have to be considerable to make me want to apply. It's essentially piece-work, incentivizing quantity over quality. I suspect that it's accompanied by a quota of expected work, as if one were a home seamstress in the garment industry. (Note the reference to "stressful situations.") I also wonder why "extensive experience as a numismatist in the coin trade" is required, given that the work requires only the identification and cataloguing of coins for auction. I'm sure there are collectors who've never worked in the coin trade who could do that just as well. Good point regarding the apparent expectation to identify (and, presumably, authenticate) from photos. I doubt they'll be sending out the coins to you from Europe so you can examine them in person.[/QUOTE]
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