Just curious - what doors does being a professional coin grader open?

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• airplanenut Posts: 22,459 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 4:54AM

  A lot of graders become dealers... they sure have good eyes

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 4:55AM

  Many move on to become coin dealers. Then they use their inside contacts to get grades we mere mortals can only dream about.
  
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• kieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭

  May 7, 2005 5:00AM

  Nearlly all become dealers or work for another coin company..... good examples are Mark Feld who used to work for NGC or Ryan Carrol who was a grader for PCGS at the age of 19-20 and now works for Heritage as one of their main graders/buyers. You can do almost anything in the business either for yourself or for a company because everything revolves around how to grade a coin.
  
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• mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 5:00AM

  Chicks.

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• RGL Posts: 3,784 ✭

  May 7, 2005 5:03AM

  Wait a minute ... there's coin groupies? Some chick that's going to be all over me because of Jeff proofs? (Oh, Randy ... that toned '38 drives me wild ...) Wait 'til I tell the missus ...

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• jdimmick Posts: 9,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 5:23AM

  Starting to get to know a few folks from going to the big shows and I see a ot of ex-graders end up working at firms or starting up a business themselves. Many of them are highly respected by the numimastic community such asone already mentioned Ryan Carroll. While I was in lot viewing, Ill bet I saw at least 4 large national dealers call Ryan over to ask him for his opinion on grade and the coin in general.
  
  I am sure with that type of expereince and a great eye, you can just about work any where you want too in the business and name your price.
  jim

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• roadrunner Posts: 28,322 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 5:27AM

  What doors get opened to you? ..............doors to Sing Sing.
  
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• PerryHall Posts: 46,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 7, 2005 8:55AM

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