17-10-2022, 04:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-10-2022, 05:30 PM by translateltd.)
(16-10-2022, 05:28 PM)Dean Wrote: aren't there 2 types of numismatic studies
1. The more scholarly focused where you learn a lot about ancient history and coins etc
2. the more practical where you learn about grading, identifying and the minting process etc
True - the ANA in the States offers lots of courses and seminars on that kind of thing, though the inflationary US grading puts me off! There are some seminars by Zoom coming up from the Newman Numismatic Portal in November - I'd be happy to share the link. Registration is free but you need to adjust to New York time for the duration.
As far as actual "qualification as a numismatist" goes, though, which I think was the original question, it's a bit of a vague concept, and some think "collector" is enough to merit the term. But I'd like to think that wide reading and a few years/decades of examining items in your field of interest should be a prerequisite too.
NNP Symposium link:
https://nnpsymposium.org/