Owner Comments:

Mintage: 37 Million
Full Step Availability: 20%
Population MS67: 2192/2
Date/mm Information: No where near the same quality of the Denver issues from 1943 & 1944 but attractive examples are available.

Coin Description:
This coin is from the Appalachian hoard and part of the pedigreed Bingham Collection. The obverse is bathed in aquamarine and accented by antique bronze highlights. The reverse is mindblowing. Primarily gold toned with blushes of magenta and absolutely booming luster. Although the photos are excellent and provide and outstanding view of the surface and color, they can't truly represent the luster. An extraordinary piece with fantastic surfaces, great color, and the most amazing luster I have ever seen on a Jefferson nickel.

Comments:
This is the coin that spawned the "INSPIRATION" for the Atlantic City Set of Jefferson Nickels. Before April 2008, I was simply a toned coin collector. I had no focus or goals and just purchased every rainbow toned Morgan Dollar, Mercury Dime, Washington Quarter, Franklin Half Dollar that I could find. One day, while browsing Anaconda Rare Coins inventory, I saw this Appalachian toned Jefferson and it was love at first sight. It seems that Brandon wrestled away a handful of Appalachians from Gregg "the Monsterman" Bingham. I immediately purchased the entire lot. I bought the five Appalachians and set a goal to complete a rainbow toned war nickel set. Over the next year, I complete that endeavor and my set still sits ranked number 2 in the NGC registry. Upon completion of the war nickel set, I expanded my goal to complete the entire Jefferson series from 1938-1964. And this is the coin that started it all.

The Appalachian Hoard of Jefferson Nickels appeared on the market in October of 2000. The story was that a dealer came upon a hoard of nickels in an estate near the Appalachian mountains and had the coins certified by NGC. My investigation into the subject has yielded four different certification numbers for the Appalachian Hoard and they are:

291239-xxx
291240-xxx
291279-xxx
291281-xxx

Every Appalachian was dramatically toned and many of the original certified coins had the now discontinued "T" designation on the label. Many collectors have never seen or even heard of the "T" designation which stood for toning, and also don't know about the "W" designation counterpart for white coins. The "T" designation was basically the precursor for the star designation and is extremely rare since it has been discontinued for the past 8 years. This coin is unique in that it was re-holdered to add the Bingham pedigree as well as the star designation. However, the NGC employee who created the label forgot to remove the "T" designation and this may be the only NGC holdered coin to bear both the "T" designation and star designation at the same time.

I own eight different Appalachian Jefferson Nickels and everyone is stunningly patinated. Although only 3 reside in this registry set, that fact does not diminish the eye appeal of these coins. And the price of these coins reflects the quality of the eye appeal. This one drove a premium of 18X Numismedia Wholesale.