Well ... I have good and bad things to say about the show. First there really didn't seem to be much in the way of people or dealers. I think I counted 5 numismatic dealers and another 5 stamp dealers with tables out. I think the max head count while I was in the room was around 20 people nine of those were sporting Manitoba coin club shirts. The remainder were the dealers. I did manage to have a very nice Chat with George Manz. That was interesting as he told me about this one form of currency which for the life of me escapes my memory... (I think it was called a Pat Stone) Long story short it's a wheel made of stone which is made from a group of people who have to canoe in the ocean, work for a year on this island just to earn the right to quarry the stone and then they carve the stone into a wheel and canoe back to their home. CRAZY!
I did notice a few pieces that I've had my eye on.. One was a Newfie 1880 with a narrow "0" in VF condition and another newfie penny 1885 in Fine condition. I passed on both hoping I can find them in either better condition or a better price. The dealers were a peculiar bunch. Striking up conversations with a few most were quite irritated that there wasn't much in the way of traffic, yet when I was right there standing there it didn't seem like they were that keen to sell either. *shrugs*
The one thing that I was really impressed with were some of the displays. One person had a display showing a very wide variety of chartered bank notes which I thought was really cool to look at. Another was a 1945 tribute to the war efforts. Both were very well done and eye appealing.
Did not hear of or get one invite to go to a pub afterwards... which makes me envious of a few of the fellows on here with their shows out east..
I'd like to see a bit more socializing at these sorts of things I suppose.
Posted 11/01/2015 11:49 am
