Well went with my wife to visit some friends down near Toronto. I collect mostly US coins so thought I might try a couple of local shops and see what they had on hand. I found a coin shop and picked up a few wheats. This was a mom/pop type of coin shop and the guy dumps out a sack of wheats and says to go through them. In a short time I find a lamination error coin and a 1909 S wheat with doubling on the "1" &"9". Probably machine doubling. I pointed these out to the coin dealer who was happy to have them. He also pointed out some grading points to me which I had over looked. KUDOS to coin dealers who are always wanting to share there knowledge. It was a great 3 hr experience. Anyways he had a 1945 Jefferson Nickel probably fine at best. Had a HUGE die crack at 5 o'clock on the obverse. He had no idea what to ask for it and neither did I because he does not deal in varities often especially US coin. Anyone have an idea regarding the value of this. I like the coin but don't want to pay way over what it is worth..
A misquote there sorry a really nice 1909 vdb no S sorry. Yeah but he had a whole sack of wheats that he had not looked through.
covert: I am willing to bet that it was not a die crack, but rather a common lamination error, that resembled a die crack. Very common on War nickels
Maybe I'm wrong but a lot of so called Mom and Pop stores are run and owned by some really sharp, well experienced people. Also, as a rule if they've been in buisness for a long time, there is a real good reas for that. Possibly it's called salesmanship. That so called UNSEARCHED bag of coins could well be just that, a sales thing. If so, it really did work, now didn't it? Possible it is a really honest to goodness, sincere coin dealer but HMMMMMMMM.
Well to say that the dealer was experienced sure. I would be also if I were doing it for 40yrs for a living. My phrase of Mom/Pop by no stretch of the imagination implied inexperienced. It can be called salemanship but the whole thing is my total bill for 3 "s' mint wheats was $15 Canadian. So a little information traded back/forth and a good time had by me. He was happy for what I found and immediately put them in holders and marked them. SO Frank what does a lamination error go for that coin?
A lamination error on a war nickel really doesn't carry a premium. The alloys were notorious for not 'mixing' well, so laminations are very common for that series.
