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<p>[QUOTE="bernard55, post: 7850180, member: 114733"]I had an interesting experience recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was recently told by someone that runs a large coin dealer (someone I recently met) -- "you are a collector, NOT a numismatist". I asked for clarification and they said, "you never made living selling coins". I referred them to this definition from Wikipedia: A <b>numismatist </b>is a specialist in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics" rel="nofollow">numismatics</a>. Numismatists include <u><b>collectors</b></u>, specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. ...and they said, "yea, that's wikipedia for you..."</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been a collector (as a hobby) since I was a kid.. I specialize in US and World coins from the 1700s and I'm attached to them because of their history. I've also sold many on eBay and I usually purchase from a few dealers that I respect. I also just started my entry into ancients but I have a huge amount to learn... </p><p><br /></p><p><b>My question: </b>What IS the real difference between a collector and a numismatist? Is a coin dealer a numismatist? How do you become a numismatist? What do you study to be a numismatist?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bernard55, post: 7850180, member: 114733"]I had an interesting experience recently. I was recently told by someone that runs a large coin dealer (someone I recently met) -- "you are a collector, NOT a numismatist". I asked for clarification and they said, "you never made living selling coins". I referred them to this definition from Wikipedia: A [B]numismatist [/B]is a specialist in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics']numismatics[/URL]. Numismatists include [U][B]collectors[/B][/U], specialist dealers, and scholars who use coins and other currency in object-based research. ...and they said, "yea, that's wikipedia for you..." I've been a collector (as a hobby) since I was a kid.. I specialize in US and World coins from the 1700s and I'm attached to them because of their history. I've also sold many on eBay and I usually purchase from a few dealers that I respect. I also just started my entry into ancients but I have a huge amount to learn... [B]My question: [/B]What IS the real difference between a collector and a numismatist? Is a coin dealer a numismatist? How do you become a numismatist? What do you study to be a numismatist?[/QUOTE]
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