Went to a very, very small coin show today.

ajaan · September 26, 2020 12:08PM

First coin show in this area since March. It was held by the Niagara Frontier Coin Club. The show was in Lewiston, NY outside Niagara Falls. I arrived around 11:30. They only allowed 30 people in at a time which didn't seem like a problem since attendance was very sparse.

A dealer who knows I collect low grade coins gave me this one:

The lowest grade warnick I've ever seen.

I purchased some Canadian but as not to commit a faux pas on the US Forum I won't post them here.

ricko · September 26, 2020 12:14PM

Thanks for the report.... short, but it was a small show It would be OK to show a Canadian coin purchase here since it would be part of your show report. Cheers, RickO

crazyhounddog · September 26, 2020 12:18PM

I’m not sure what I’m looking at here in regards to your nickel. I don’t believe that’s wear. It’s a mystery.

ajaan · September 26, 2020 12:20PM

@crazyhounddog said:
I’m not sure what I’m looking at here in regards to your nickel. I don’t believe that’s wear. It’s a mystery.

I'll try to get a better image.

crazyhounddog · September 26, 2020 12:23PM

The images show, what looks to be a weak strike and then something else happened to it, I think.
Yes maybe better pics would help out a lot.

TwoSides2aCoin · September 26, 2020 12:32PM

Nice show.
Closest I had (to a show) was a customer pick up three IHCs , from the display cabinet. $5 for 3, in the shop this week.
No tax. I asked if he was from Minnesota, just in case he had to sign a waiver alleviating me from responsibility of pain and suffering,
in the event he didn't like the deal, later.

There is even some Canuck coins... the show must go on.

ajaan · September 26, 2020 12:52PM

I took the warnick out of the 2x2 and upon closer examination, I think crazyhounddog amy be correct. The coin is very thin like it was acid treated.

ricko, here is the Canadian I picked up for less than melt

crazyhounddog · September 26, 2020 1:02PM

@ajaan said:
I took the warnick out of the 2x2 and upon closer examination, I think crazyhounddog amy be correct. The coin is very thin like it was acid treated.

ricko, here is the Canadian I picked up for less than melt

If the planchet is thin then that would account for the weak strike. I don’t think it was acid treated though. From those new pics it almost looks like natural surfaces. I see some damage on the rim on the obverse but other than that I think you have a cool error type coin. The planchet was so thin that when it was struck what you see is what you get. Very cool, especially for free.
I like it😊
Happy hunting, Joe

ajaan · September 26, 2020 1:04PM

@crazyhounddog said:

@ajaan said:
I took the warnick out of the 2x2 and upon closer examination, I think crazyhounddog amy be correct. The coin is very thin like it was acid treated.

ricko, here is the Canadian I picked up for less than melt

If the planchet is thin then that would account for the weak strike. I don’t think it was acid treated though. From those new pics it almost looks like natural surfaces. I see some damage on the rim on the obverse but other than that I think you have a cool error type coin. The planchet was so thin that when it was struck what you see is what you get. Very cool, especially for free.
I like it😊
Happy hunting, Joe

Thanks for the info Joe.

Jimnight · September 26, 2020 2:47PM

Thanks for sharing!

joeykoins · September 26, 2020 2:50PM

Nice report. That Jefferson looks almost like my nickel I found? Mine was concluded to be a "split planchet." Maybe, yours is also?

Boosibri · September 26, 2020 2:52PM

That may be the smallest coin show I have ever seen

coinkat · September 26, 2020 3:01PM

The nickel looks as if it survived Roswell and was later recovered and removed from Area 51

MedalCollector · September 26, 2020 4:28PM

@crazyhounddog said:

@ajaan said:
I took the warnick out of the 2x2 and upon closer examination, I think crazyhounddog amy be correct. The coin is very thin like it was acid treated.

ricko, here is the Canadian I picked up for less than melt

If the planchet is thin then that would account for the weak strike. I don’t think it was acid treated though. From those new pics it almost looks like natural surfaces. I see some damage on the rim on the obverse but other than that I think you have a cool error type coin. The planchet was so thin that when it was struck what you see is what you get. Very cool, especially for free.
I like it😊
Happy hunting, Joe

That is not what weak strikes look like, and that is not a weak strike error.

There are remnants of design elements that wouldn’t even exist on a nickel that was actually weakly struck, such as the base of Monticello, and the Mint mark. Being that these design elements exist, albeit worn, signifies that they were at one time fully struck and have since been worn down.

ajaan · September 26, 2020 4:40PM

@Boosibri said:
That may be the smallest coin show I have ever seen

No advertising at all. I only found out about the show this morning because I was at a local coin shop selling some forex. The owner of the shop mentioned it to me.