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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevereecy, post: 853597, member: 19884&quot;]OK, here&#039;s my club-logue:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got to the club a little late.&nbsp; They had some food available and they let me, a newbie, have a plate of barbeque.&nbsp; Cool!&nbsp; So I grabbed a plate and found a table in a very packed coin dealer&#039;s shop.&nbsp; It was a good cross section of mostly guys aged 35 to 70.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I then abandoned the food, grabbed my Dansco Jefferson Nickel holder, and went over to the counter once I figured out that the shop was open for business and I&#039;d never been there before. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, I was going through nickels when they brought the meeting to order.&nbsp; No, I wasn&#039;t the only one milling around.&nbsp; They then talked about a silver 1965 dime that one of their member&#039;s found and then introduced the new members and gave us a moment to tell what we collected.&nbsp; I introduced myself and told them to bring their extra toned Jefferson&#039;s to the next meeting.&nbsp; Later on at the meeting, a few members came over to me to ask me what I meant by &quot;toned&quot;!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So then, they announced that the person who was supposed to give a presentation wasn&#039;t available tonight, so there was no agenda.&nbsp; And that was it.&nbsp; After that, it was essentially about 25 guys in a coin shop talking with each other or shopping.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So that&#039;s how I spent my time as time flew.&nbsp; I went through all their nickels.&nbsp; I feel somewhat guilty about it, but I cherry picked the heck out of them.&nbsp; I found a 1960D nickel listed as EF for 15 cents that was BU with a weak strike.&nbsp; I found a really cool 1951 nickel that was almost free of any tick marks at all, but the dies they used were so rusty and worn that the thing just sparkled.&nbsp; Really super weak strike.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also found a 1913 P Buffalo, Type 2, priced at $12.&nbsp; I scooped that up, because it also was a weak strike and like AU58 because it only had a hint of broken luster.&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about lettering that was blurry but still had the luster and the hair on the buffalo&#039;s head was about as furry as I&#039;ve ever seen.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t go out of my way to buy weak strike coins, but I found that when coins were weakly struck, they were priced at bargain, or even &quot;steal&quot; prices.&nbsp; They found a happy home!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I didn&#039;t mean to be antisocial, but they had a deep bucket of old circulated war nickels and I finished the meeting looking for varieties.&nbsp; I only got 1/3 of the way through them, but I found a 43/42, which tickles me because I think it is a sleeper coin.&nbsp; What was neat is the owner&#039;s buddy was running the counter and he assured me that if I cherry pick something, that was OK with them.&nbsp; After I found the 43/42, he gave me a second opinion to confirm my find.&nbsp; Sporting of them, really.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So that was it.&nbsp; In essence, the club meeting didn&#039;t happen, but I did talk to a few members about my nickels since I was a man on a mission and didn&#039;t know anyone.&nbsp; A couple of the members were interested in my collection, which was fun to share.&nbsp;&nbsp; The people I did speak to didn&#039;t bring any coins, and in fact, most people did not.&nbsp; Hopefully, some people will bring some trade material for me next meeting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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