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PCGSPhoto
PCGSPhoto Posts: 768 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 1, 2017 3:57PM in U.S. Coin Forum

More details will follow with a detailed job description after PCGS moves to our new office. But I thought I'd give the online community a heads up if you know anyone who might be interested in a position at our new Southern California office.

Phil

Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/3232

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  • dpoole
    dpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You'll have to train 'em up to your standards, Phil. I remember when PCGS hired you. An inspired move!


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There are some guys out there who will exceed your (PCGS') expectations, simply by the nature of their standards and practices.

    Who gets this job is fortunate. Let me be the first to publicly congratulate you !

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  • keyman64
    keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wish you were in Florida!

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
  • Zoins
    Zoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Congrats on growing the team! You're all providing a great service and the add itself is beautiful and fun!

    Good luck on finding the right person. I'm always ready to see more TrueViews :)

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • derryb
    derryb Posts: 38,608 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I suspect PCGS has a nice, automated setup and doesn't really need creative photographic skills. Anyone with a good understanding of photography and coins could probably be easily trained to do a great job.

    Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat

  • Zoins
    Zoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 20, 2017 11:21AM
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    Have you seen the new videos they have been experimenting with? It would be useful to be able to help automate the routine and explore the new!

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • ms70
    ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @derryb said:

    Yes, Jacksonville to be precise. And with a drive thru window.

  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Dang, sounds great but too far away for me. :(

    My YouTube Channel

  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well, the Mandarin is no problem, but my Kodak camera is having problems.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Only the best of the best need apply, tons of experience. Talk about a tough field of business to compete in....

  • TwoKopeiki
    TwoKopeiki Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hey, I'll volunteer if you need someone part time in Toronto ;)

    Instagram: 8 Reales Numis
  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I used to live in the OC (Irvine, Santa Ana and Newport Beach from 1981-1986). A baby lawyer cutting his teeth. Too bad I did not apply at PCGS back then.

    Too late now, and my photo skills are limited to taking cell phone photos.

  • privatecoin
    privatecoin Posts: 3,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Would be a dream come true. Sigh....

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • jerseycat101
    jerseycat101 Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I, for one, can vouch for @jtlee321's superb photography skills!

    I've used half a dozen of the preeminent photographers, and he is the best.

  • 10000lakes
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    @Lakesammman said:
    Don't really want to move but if the salary is mid-to-upper six figures, I could be persuaded. :D

    If you are fluent in Mandarin, you might get PCGS to meet your terms in Yuan ;)

  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great opportunity.

  • TommyType
    TommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In 5 years, I'd like to apply....for a 2 day a week "post retirement, keep Tom out of trouble" position. Do you have any of those? :)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • jtlee321
    jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @keets said:
    I think the job would be torture. imagine being around the quality of coins that flow through PCGS without being able to purchase any of them. I couldn't do it, I'd crack. :)

    Oh as a photographer, it would be a real treat to not have to shoot through plastic all the time. The freedom to shoot some of those gorgeous coin without the hindrance of glare or deeply scratched plastic. It would be like a kid getting to work at Toy's R Us. :) It makes me think of the line from the movie Big, "And they pay you for that? Suckers....."

    Justin Lee Numismatic Photography



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  • lablover
    lablover Posts: 3,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    One old salty dog available. Familiar with the Tin-Type Picture Taking Machine. Will work for next to nothing to learn yore newfangled equipment. Must bring wife and dogs. Have minor issue standing, but sit quite well for long periods.

    "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
  • TommyType
    TommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    But seriously....

    Combined with the quarterly special of "free TrueView", I wonder if this is all practice and preparation for "all coins will be photographed"? It would certainly be an added deterrent to the fake slabs, counterfeiters, and slab gassers. (It would also probably require 3 or 4 more photographers....but you have to start somewhere!)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • BackroadJunkie
    BackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Business travel? Ugh.

    Only if I get to keep the coins I photograph.... :D

  • mt_msla
    mt_msla Posts: 815 ✭✭✭✭
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    Wow. Truly a dream job.

    Insert witicism here. [ xxx ]

  • Numiven
    Numiven Posts: 382 ✭✭✭
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    @Phil
    I am in.. live very close, have decent photography skills, where do i apply?
    Pls see my Instagram...[

  • VanHalen
    VanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Big thumbs up on your recruiting efforts!!

  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sounds like a great job for someone.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What a great opportunity ..... not for me - my photographic talent is well known here.... I am sure there is an email from Phil waiting in my inbox "RickO.... Do not embarrass yourself and our HR department." :D:D Plus, I would NEVER move to California... lived there for several years... never again. Cheers, RickO

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Good luck !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • JeffMTampa
    JeffMTampa Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Talk about a Dream Job; I used to think the dudes in porn films had it.

    I love them Barber Halves.....
  • crazyhounddog
    crazyhounddog Posts: 14,250 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes dream job for sure ! I'd love to be a member of this team. Would absolutely be the coolest job EVER B)

    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • astrorat
    astrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For all who think this would be a dream job ... apply! Why not go after the your ideal job? Seriously.

    Good luck to PCGS finding the next member of your photographic team! Coins, photography, travel ... you should get lots of talented applicants.

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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  • Goldbully
    Goldbully Posts: 18,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For the holiday weekend crowd.................

  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No way I’d live in Cali but if you want to send me to Paris for a week a month to shoot coins that’s different. It would be a blast. Lived there in the 90s and still pretty fluent...... alors porquois pas?

  • boyernumismatics
    boyernumismatics Posts: 473 ✭✭✭✭
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    @BryceM said:
    No way I’d live in Cali but if you want to send me to Paris for a week a month to shoot coins that’s different. It would be a blast. Lived there in the 90s and still pretty fluent...... alors porquois pas?

    Alors!

  • DCAM
    DCAM Posts: 302 ✭✭✭
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    Would love to do this if it involved repairing medical equipment.

    Bump

    Buy More Coins!!
  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd love to help you out and I know you'd love to have me. But I'm currently busy with other stuff. Sorry.

  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @BryceM said:
    No way I’d live in Cali

    Sorry to hear that Bryce. Either way, if you change your mind we would love to have you. California is a BIG, BIG place. Some parts are Good and some parts not so good. The places that are Good are the Best. And there's lots of them. And our mountains,.... they're the biggest and baddest ANYWHERE! I love Colorado. Lot's of family there. Durango rocks. Nice place. But your mountains..... they'd just be hills around these parts. In all seriousness, all the Western states are fabulous. All in their own way. NUTTY CALIFORNIA included. Happy Thanksgiving brother!

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  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You're right. I was just jerking your chain. I love Colorado. No place better. Beautiful! Except.......our mountains are way more better than yours!!!!! Happy Thanksgiving!

    P.S. My Mom's family is from Colorado. My Dad's side, California. The family dispute at Thanksgiving was always....Who's got the best mountains, Colorado or California? Innocent times. I miss it.

  • Hydrant
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    @FadeToBlack said:
    My problem with where PCGS is located is that my modest 4 bedroom home would be like $1m+ there lol.

    Low Ball!

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