The role of dealer,collector and numismatic?

[josie]

What is the role in our time?

[Chris Perkins]

They crossover don't they. Many true academic numismatists are also likely to be collectors. Advanced collectors are essentially Numismatists. Dealers could even be considered numismatists and many dealers have collections too, making them collectors!

I see myself primarily as a dealer but I do have a collection of Roman coins and of forgeries. And I like to weigh, measure and study the forgeries to see if I can find any that have been struck with the same dies, so I suppose that tips me over into being a numismatist too, but only when I have no orders to pack up!