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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2177954, member: 19463"]I was an ANA member back when I had a J in front of my number but never felt ANA was serious about ancients. The articles back then were not of high value. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I tried to borrow a book from their library and was told they had it but it was in too bad shape to lend. Bye. I would like to own one issue of the Numismatist since I bought a coin that was illustrated in it in an article according to the seller. We laughed about it then since the article did not mention a legend error on the coin. It was just another coin. Is it fair to hold bad experiences from the 60's and 80's against a group in 2015? Of course not. Do I? </p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard positive things about the ANA classes in ancients but always from people who used them to be introduced to ancients and not those who would be in a position to judge a college level class from kindergarten. The secret of classes is a lot like books. You have to find a level that is not over your head and not something you could have written. Does anyone know who runs the ANA ancients effort? Have you taken the classes? What did you learn?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2177954, member: 19463"]I was an ANA member back when I had a J in front of my number but never felt ANA was serious about ancients. The articles back then were not of high value. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I tried to borrow a book from their library and was told they had it but it was in too bad shape to lend. Bye. I would like to own one issue of the Numismatist since I bought a coin that was illustrated in it in an article according to the seller. We laughed about it then since the article did not mention a legend error on the coin. It was just another coin. Is it fair to hold bad experiences from the 60's and 80's against a group in 2015? Of course not. Do I? I have heard positive things about the ANA classes in ancients but always from people who used them to be introduced to ancients and not those who would be in a position to judge a college level class from kindergarten. The secret of classes is a lot like books. You have to find a level that is not over your head and not something you could have written. Does anyone know who runs the ANA ancients effort? Have you taken the classes? What did you learn?[/QUOTE]
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