Numismatic Publishing Course is Nearly Sold Out
Writers, Editors, Researchers Encouraged to Sign Up Now

An American Numismatic Association course on writing, research, and getting published in the field of numismatics is almost sold out, according to ANA Seminar Manager Amber Bradish.

"Numismatic Publishing: A Practical Course on Writing About Coins" will be taught Sunday through Wednesday, June 17 to June 20, 2018, as part of the annual ANA Summer Seminar. The course instructors are Steve Roach,former editor-in- chief (and current editor-at- large) of Coin World, and Dennis Tucker, publisher at Whitman Publishing.

Steve Roach, Dennis Tucker, and Robert Hoge at a June 2016 meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee in Colorado Springs. (Photo courtesy of Caleb Noel, ANA)

The ANA Summer Seminar guide describes the class:

The course will feature projects and special guest instructors, and plenty of time for questions- and-answers with Roach and Tucker, two of the hobby's most prolifically published writers. Roach has written more than 500articles and has won numerous awards for his reporting, analysis, and commentary. Tucker has published more than 300 books by authors including Q. David Bowers and Kenneth Bressett, has written hundreds of numismaticarticles, and is the author of the award-winning book American Gold and Silver. Both have served on the Treasury Department's Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and both have taught courses on writing and havelectured nationwide on numismatics.

Students from a 2013 ANA Summer Seminar class on writing, research, and publishing, co-taught by Dennis Tucker, Beth Deisher, Ken Bressett, and Robert Hoge. (Photo by Robert Kelley, ANA)

The ANA Summer Seminar is a once-a-year opportunity for numismatic learning and camaraderie that offers students a varied selection of week-long courses designed for discovery or continued study. For more than 40 years,Summer Seminar has featured classes to suit virtually every collector's hobby needs. "Most importantly," says the ANA, "everyone attending Summer Seminar shares a common trait: a passion for numismatics."

To learn more about "Numismatic Publishing" and other ANA Summer Seminar courses, visit www.money.org/summer-seminar.