Is There Any Numismatic Schools?

While I know of no college that gives credits on the study of numismatics, I believe that the ANA does give week long seminares on multiple topics...

Did someone mention the PhD program at Berkeley?

http://ahma.berkeley.edu/program.html

Dr. Donald H. Kagin leads the team of experts at Kagin's. His unique & varied credentials not only include the nation's first PhD. in Numismatics...

http://www.kaginsadvisors.com/about...-difference/

Not sure if this is legit or not;

http://www.usgovernmentbenefits.org...atics+degree

San Francisco State University used to have World Economics class with a heavy focus on currency from around the world and through history... but I am sure like everything else at SFSU, it has been dropped since I attended. =)

The ANA does have a correspondence course with 7 modules where you get a Certificate of Numismatic Scholarship, plus they have their summer seminar where you can take in depth courses on many areas of coin collecting, but I don't think any of them have college accreditation.

oih82w8 When were you at CNA? I was there 84-86. Go Wolfhounds.

Joe Paonessa

well I found more about ANA. thanks for the info. and what do you think it would take to start a school specifically for numismatics. that would be like a collage. you would stay in a dorm like it was a collage campus.

I don't think it would ever be a college that would make it off the ground. One thing is you would never really have enough students to fill the school and another would be the funding an actual college needs to stay afloat, a strictly numismatic college like you mention would probably not fall under any type of funding help as it is a narrow field that if you are not going to be a professional grader would not have any benefit to the people attending. And to be honest there is only so many spaces available for people in this profession

If your trying to be a grader either start your own and build it from the ground up or impress the heck out of the big wigs there. Theyre expanding but theres still a limited number of spots and the people that fill them will be there for decades more than likely.

Its one of those jobs that sounds cool but you have to get lucky to get by being the right person and being lucky enough to have an opening.

Id be shocked if they didnt already have a list of who they would ask if an opening happened

No college or university credits given out BUT there is a great school for Numismatics. Your on it right now.
Now there is something for the moderators to look into. A CCF crdit program with even a diploma. If you watch TV you would see zillions, slight exageration, of all sorts of colleges advertised. So why not this one right here?