Back from Summer Seminar

messydesk

For the fourth time, I've had the pleasure of teaching the Collecting and Investing in Morgan Dollars class at the ANA Summer Seminar this week. We had 9 awesome students who enjoyed "drinking through a fire hose" as we covered history, grading, toning, problem coins, design evolution, varieties, errors, assorted research projects, and passed around a lot of coins.

Being a collector with a normal day job, I rarely get the opportunity to hang out for this long with a bunch of coin people, and every time I do, it energizes my enthusiasm for the hobby.

If you get the chance to go to the Summer Seminar, do it. YNs have access to a lot of scholarships. Many of these are funded by a benefit auction that the YNs run each week. This year, the Eric Newman foundation matched the auction proceeds dollar for dollar, resulting in over $68000 being raised for YN scholarships.

carabonnair

The Summer Seminar is one of the best deals in numismatics. Teaching there must be a blast. I have been three times and each was great.

The PNNA also has a scholarship for adults in case you live in the Pacific NW...